What format best for hyphenation?

Buhaj47 · 09-21-2017, 02:49 PM

I didn't know whether to post it here or in Calibre thread, but here it is - I've switched from Kobo to Kindle, and wanted to make sure my Polish (and English too) ebooks are hyphenated. I've been doing hyphenation with Hyphenate This! in Calibre for Kobo, but am not sure if that works the same way for Kindles. I'm not that much aware of all formats used in Kindles, does hyphenation work for all the formats then (MOBI, AZW3, I've heard of KFX?) and do I have to upload an ebook to Kindle in a specific format for hyphenation to work?

JSWolf · 09-21-2017, 03:17 PM

Why would you use Hyphenate This! for your ePub? Kobo's have hyphenation built-in.

As for format, there's a Calibre plugin to be able to convert to KFX and KFX does hyphenate. If that doesn't work for a specific book, convert to KF8 and use Hyphenate This! Have a look in the Calibre plugin forum to read about the KFX plugin.

jhowell · 09-21-2017, 03:33 PM

I recommend continuing to use Hyphenate This! in conjunction with the KF8 (azw3) format.

KFX does do hyphenation without you having to add soft hyphens, but it is difficult to work with and only supports specific languages, not including Polish. (English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil)

Buhaj47 · 09-21-2017, 04:03 PM

That's cool, thanks.

09-21-2017, 02:49 PM	#1
Buhaj47 Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 278068 Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Poland Device: Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra 2	What format best for hyphenation? I didn't know whether to post it here or in Calibre thread, but here it is - I've switched from Kobo to Kindle, and wanted to make sure my Polish (and English too) ebooks are hyphenated. I've been doing hyphenation with Hyphenate This! in Calibre for Kobo, but am not sure if that works the same way for Kindles. I'm not that much aware of all formats used in Kindles, does hyphenation work for all the formats then (MOBI, AZW3, I've heard of KFX?) and do I have to upload an ebook to Kindle in a specific format for hyphenation to work?

09-21-2017, 03:17 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,756 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Why would you use Hyphenate This! for your ePub? Kobo's have hyphenation built-in. As for format, there's a Calibre plugin to be able to convert to KFX and KFX does hyphenate. If that doesn't work for a specific book, convert to KF8 and use Hyphenate This! Have a look in the Calibre plugin forum to read about the KFX plugin. Last edited by JSWolf; 09-21-2017 at 03:26 PM.

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09-21-2017, 03:33 PM	#3
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,072 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	I recommend continuing to use Hyphenate This! in conjunction with the KF8 (azw3) format. KFX does do hyphenation without you having to add soft hyphens, but it is difficult to work with and only supports specific languages, not including Polish. (English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil)

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Buhaj47 Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 278068 Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Poland Device: Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra 2	That's cool, thanks.

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