Mini Word Wrapping Problems

Majorix · 03-17-2014, 04:19 PM

I am facing this problem with my Kobo Mini, using sideloaded .epubs.

Some books will use the length of a line properly, while some books will only place a few words in the allocated space of a line, leaving some space unused.

Now it wouldn't be much of a problem if the screen was a little larger, but with the Mini, I often have to bear with 2 or 3 words on a line.

What can be done to fix this?

robko · 03-17-2014, 05:43 PM

Others with more specific knowledge will likely chime in, but it sounds like some of the books have carriage returns coded into them, so the book is going to the next line based on that rather than just at the end of the paragraph. I wonder if an epub to epub conversion in Calibre might help?

GeoffR · 03-17-2014, 06:35 PM

It sounds like a problem that happens sometimes with ePubs converted from PDF. If you did this conversion yourself with Calibre then you could try again using a different line unwrap factor.

Majorix · 03-18-2014, 02:20 PM

Thanks for the replies.

@robko:
I just tried opening a book which had no problems and a book with problems, simultaneously on Calibre. The same situation was there too. So I don't think this is necessarily a problem with the Mini. I also tried converting them to .epub (they were .epubs to start with anyway) and that didn't help.

@GeoffR:
I haven't converted this myself. I am not sure if the original file was a .pdf either.

I believe the problem is that the readers can't determine where to hyphenate words. As such, when they meet a long enough word which wouldn't fit on that line without hyphenating, they simply jump to the next line. Nobody else has this problem?

GeoffR · 03-18-2014, 03:31 PM

If there is not enough room to fit the full word on the line, then it is normal for left-justified books to begin the word on the next line, hyphenation is avoided if possible.

Perhaps you are comparing a book with full-justification to one with left-justification? full-justification often hyphenates in places that left-justification wouldn't. If that is the case you should be able to change the justification mode on the font menu. But some books are created in a way that forces left-justification, so for those books you would need to edit the book's CSS file to remove the "text-align: left;" lines from the paragraph classes used for the main text.

It could also be that hyphenation has been disabled in the book. If that is the case you would need to edit the CSS and remove the "adobe-hyphenate: none;" lines.

Edit: The choice of language also affects hyphenation, so another possibility is that the language has not been set correctly in the book.

03-17-2014, 04:19 PM	#1
Majorix Giant Hobbit Posts: 49 Karma: 487552 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Kobo: Clara, Mini, Aura HD, Aura 2, Kindle: Paperwhite 1, DX 1	Word Wrapping Problems I am facing this problem with my Kobo Mini, using sideloaded .epubs. Some books will use the length of a line properly, while some books will only place a few words in the allocated space of a line, leaving some space unused. Now it wouldn't be much of a problem if the screen was a little larger, but with the Mini, I often have to bear with 2 or 3 words on a line. What can be done to fix this?

03-18-2014, 02:20 PM	#4
Majorix Giant Hobbit Posts: 49 Karma: 487552 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Turkey Device: Kobo: Clara, Mini, Aura HD, Aura 2, Kindle: Paperwhite 1, DX 1	Thanks for the replies. @robko: I just tried opening a book which had no problems and a book with problems, simultaneously on Calibre. The same situation was there too. So I don't think this is necessarily a problem with the Mini. I also tried converting them to .epub (they were .epubs to start with anyway) and that didn't help. @GeoffR: I haven't converted this myself. I am not sure if the original file was a .pdf either. I believe the problem is that the readers can't determine where to hyphenate words. As such, when they meet a long enough word which wouldn't fit on that line without hyphenating, they simply jump to the next line. Nobody else has this problem? Last edited by Majorix; 03-18-2014 at 03:25 PM.

03-18-2014, 03:31 PM	#5
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	If there is not enough room to fit the full word on the line, then it is normal for left-justified books to begin the word on the next line, hyphenation is avoided if possible. Perhaps you are comparing a book with full-justification to one with left-justification? full-justification often hyphenates in places that left-justification wouldn't. If that is the case you should be able to change the justification mode on the font menu. But some books are created in a way that forces left-justification, so for those books you would need to edit the book's CSS file to remove the "text-align: left;" lines from the paragraph classes used for the main text. It could also be that hyphenation has been disabled in the book. If that is the case you would need to edit the CSS and remove the "adobe-hyphenate: none;" lines. Edit: The choice of language also affects hyphenation, so another possibility is that the language has not been set correctly in the book. Last edited by GeoffR; 03-18-2014 at 04:04 PM. Reason: adobe-hyphenate: none;

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03-17-2014, 05:43 PM	#2
robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	Others with more specific knowledge will likely chime in, but it sounds like some of the books have carriage returns coded into them, so the book is going to the next line based on that rather than just at the end of the paragraph. I wonder if an epub to epub conversion in Calibre might help?

03-17-2014, 06:35 PM	#3
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	It sounds like a problem that happens sometimes with ePubs converted from PDF. If you did this conversion yourself with Calibre then you could try again using a different line unwrap factor.

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