Calibre now includes MS LIT converter: lit2lrf - Page 24

Smashingblue · 06-12-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by astra

First of all try to use base font size 10.

Second, it is a Sony Reader or LRF format problem. It tries to accomodate words that are placed in one line all over the length of the screen (I am not sure I explain clear, sorry about it). It means the bigger font size you use, the smaller number of words that fit in one line, the more space will be allocated to fill in the space between them(words).

That helped a little bit, but still a bit odd with the spacing. Guess there is no easy fix for the spacing when converting from lit to lrf.

astra · 06-12-2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smashingblue

That helped a little bit, but still a bit odd with the spacing. Guess there is no easy fix for the spacing when converting from lit to lrf.

I don't think it matters whether you convert from lit, rtf, html or anything else.

Amalthia · 07-16-2008, 06:08 PM

I used Calibre to convert a LIT file and for some reason all the italics were removed. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?

kovidgoyal · 07-16-2008, 08:24 PM

open a ticket and attach the lit file to it.

Amalthia · 07-16-2008, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

open a ticket and attach the lit file to it.

Okay, I'll take this advice as a sign that you really don't have to do something extra to make sure italics/bolded survive the conversion process.

I'm going to test again tonight and open a ticket like you advise. thanks.

Amalthia · 07-17-2008, 03:01 PM

Update on missing italics. When I saved the LRF to disk and viewed using the Sony Connect Software all the italics were there. Earlier I was viewing the new LRF files via the Calibre LRF viewer and for some reason non of the italics were showing there. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.

kovidgoyal · 07-17-2008, 03:22 PM

Odd. Probably just the fonts in the LRF viewer make it look like its not italic?

JSWolf · 07-17-2008, 03:45 PM

I've just viewed a book with Calibre's LRV viewer and I get italics just fine. Could it be that whatever font the viewer is using that there is no italic version to go with it?

seajewel · 07-17-2008, 03:59 PM

this might not be quite the correct place to pose this question (which might have come up before?) but it's relevant to the current discussion.. anyways, I noticed that when I replaced the Windows/Font versions of ttm****.ttf or whatever the Sony default fonts were with my Korean-ified versions, Calibre displays a bizarre different font for Korean in the lrf viewer and in the Calibre gui. It's definitely not the one that my Reader now uses (After the unicode patch). Things show up fine in the reader, but I was wondering why Calibre shows a different font than the one I used in the Sony Reader, in the Reader directory, and in the Windows Fonts directory. Is there someplace in calibre I'm supposed to replace fonts in as well?

kovidgoyal · 07-17-2008, 05:36 PM

yeah calibre has a private copy of the fonts. Unfortunately replacing them in non-trivial.

Amalthia · 07-17-2008, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've just viewed a book with Calibre's LRV viewer and I get italics just fine. Could it be that whatever font the viewer is using that there is no italic version to go with it?

In the settings, I have all the fonts set to Arial. What are your's set at? I'd love to be able to use the Calibre viewer because it removes 2 steps in checking the conversion.

edited to add: forgot to add the LIT files I'm using look like Times New Roman and in the viewer that's what I'm seeing. For some reason it's not converting the fonts to Arial. But I'd think that Times New Roman would show italics.

kovidgoyal · 07-17-2008, 08:56 PM

I dont embed fonts, I find the hit in page turn times to be too great.

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kovidgoyal · 07-22-2008, 12:15 PM

I'm not sure what you mean

vivek_cbe · 07-28-2008, 08:28 AM

I find that the "sort by author" is not working properly. I am using 0.4.80 version of calibre. Is this a known issue?

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07-16-2008, 06:08 PM	#348
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,190 Karma: 32370 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	I used Calibre to convert a LIT file and for some reason all the italics were removed. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?

07-16-2008, 08:24 PM	#349
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	open a ticket and attach the lit file to it.

07-17-2008, 03:01 PM	#351
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,190 Karma: 32370 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	Update on missing italics. When I saved the LRF to disk and viewed using the Sony Connect Software all the italics were there. Earlier I was viewing the new LRF files via the Calibre LRF viewer and for some reason non of the italics were showing there. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.

07-17-2008, 03:22 PM	#352
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Odd. Probably just the fonts in the LRF viewer make it look like its not italic?

07-17-2008, 03:45 PM	#353
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,727 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've just viewed a book with Calibre's LRV viewer and I get italics just fine. Could it be that whatever font the viewer is using that there is no italic version to go with it?

07-17-2008, 03:59 PM	#354
seajewel Fanatic Posts: 589 Karma: 1451235 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Sony PRS-950	this might not be quite the correct place to pose this question (which might have come up before?) but it's relevant to the current discussion.. anyways, I noticed that when I replaced the Windows/Font versions of ttm****.ttf or whatever the Sony default fonts were with my Korean-ified versions, Calibre displays a bizarre different font for Korean in the lrf viewer and in the Calibre gui. It's definitely not the one that my Reader now uses (After the unicode patch). Things show up fine in the reader, but I was wondering why Calibre shows a different font than the one I used in the Sony Reader, in the Reader directory, and in the Windows Fonts directory. Is there someplace in calibre I'm supposed to replace fonts in as well?

07-17-2008, 05:36 PM	#355
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah calibre has a private copy of the fonts. Unfortunately replacing them in non-trivial.

07-17-2008, 08:56 PM	#357
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont embed fonts, I find the hit in page turn times to be too great.

07-22-2008, 12:58 AM	#358
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07-22-2008, 12:15 PM	#359
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm not sure what you mean

07-28-2008, 08:28 AM	#360
vivek_cbe Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	I find that the "sort by author" is not working properly. I am using 0.4.80 version of calibre. Is this a known issue?