apostrophes turn to squares

wcott · 06-23-2013, 12:53 PM

Just wondering if anyone's had the same issue, and if there's a fix anywhere.

I've a few books that I've downloaded and put into Calibre - and they look just fine when I view them. However, after they've been transferred to my Glo, all the apostrophes and quotation marks have turned to squares. It's very offputting to try to read.
I've tried reformatting them from epub to epub again - and reinstalling on the Glo - but no luck.
Any thoughts?

adbosch · 06-23-2013, 12:56 PM

Using font 'georgia' might help?

wcott · 06-23-2013, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adbosch

Using font 'georgia' might help?

Nope...doesn't change a thing.
I've seen the book on another brand of reader, and it looks just fine...as it does in Calibre.
Another thing that makes you go "hmmmm"...I guess.

lgxkls · 06-23-2013, 01:17 PM

I had this problem the other day and changed the font to Font Amasis. It was fine in Calibre but had squares in the Document default font.
I tried some other fonts and italics became bold, but Amasis seems to be fine.

wcott · 06-23-2013, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lgxkls

I had this problem the other day and changed the font to Font Amasis. It was fine in Calibre but had squares in the Document default font.
I tried some other fonts and italics became bold, but Amasis seems to be fine.

Still no joy with Amasis.
Go fish.

DNSB · 06-23-2013, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcott

Still no joy with Amasis.
Go fish.

Try Charis SIL or DejaVu serif. Checked the modified fonts thread for information on font file naming.

Regards,
David

Section8 · 06-23-2013, 02:37 PM

When I've had problems like this, it was due to a problem with the character encoding somewhere.

The two ways I've fixed it are with the Modify Epub plugin, check "Encode HTML in UTF-8", or do a calibre conversion, and in "Look & Feel", specify something under "Input character encoding", cp1252 I think.

wcott · 06-23-2013, 07:45 PM

Thanks, people - no joy one way or the other....and I'm loath to mess with too much stuff here. It's only about a half-dozen books out of my 800-odd titles - so I'm not going to cry buckets. I'll see if I can find another download someplace and see if it repeats.
Thanks, anyways.

DNSB · 06-23-2013, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wcott

Just wondering if anyone's had the same issue, and if there's a fix anywhere.

I've a few books that I've downloaded and put into Calibre - and they look just fine when I view them. However, after they've been transferred to my Glo, all the apostrophes and quotation marks have turned to squares. It's very offputting to try to read.
I've tried reformatting them from epub to epub again - and reinstalling on the Glo - but no luck.
Any thoughts?

When you did the epub to epub conversion, did you select Look & Feel and then check the Transliterate unicode chararcters to ASCII box. That worked for me on one occasion. Also if you added one of the fonts I suggested earlier, did you power cycle the Kobo after copying the font files in the fonts folder?

Regards,
David

Ripplinger · 06-23-2013, 08:56 PM

When you change the fonts suggested above, do you see actual font differences to be sure that the font has changed?

I'm thinking maybe the books have embedded fonts, so changing them on the reader won't really make the change for epub. You could open up the problem books and Sigil and see if specific fonts aren't referenced.

06-23-2013, 12:53 PM	#1
wcott Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 5394 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Device: kobo	apostrophes turn to squares Just wondering if anyone's had the same issue, and if there's a fix anywhere. I've a few books that I've downloaded and put into Calibre - and they look just fine when I view them. However, after they've been transferred to my Glo, all the apostrophes and quotation marks have turned to squares. It's very offputting to try to read. I've tried reformatting them from epub to epub again - and reinstalling on the Glo - but no luck. Any thoughts?

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adbosch Addict Posts: 299 Karma: 511516 Join Date: Jun 2004 Device: Kobo Forma; Pocketbook Color 633	Using font 'georgia' might help?

06-23-2013, 01:17 PM	#4
lgxkls Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 1168 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kobo Glo	I had this problem the other day and changed the font to Font Amasis. It was fine in Calibre but had squares in the Document default font. I tried some other fonts and italics became bold, but Amasis seems to be fine.

06-23-2013, 02:37 PM	#7
Section8 Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 2121470 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arlington, TX Device: Kindle PW4, Moon+ Reader on a cheap Android tablet	When I've had problems like this, it was due to a problem with the character encoding somewhere. The two ways I've fixed it are with the Modify Epub plugin, check "Encode HTML in UTF-8", or do a calibre conversion, and in "Look & Feel", specify something under "Input character encoding", cp1252 I think.

06-23-2013, 07:45 PM	#8
wcott Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 5394 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Device: kobo	Thanks, people - no joy one way or the other....and I'm loath to mess with too much stuff here. It's only about a half-dozen books out of my 800-odd titles - so I'm not going to cry buckets. I'll see if I can find another download someplace and see if it repeats. Thanks, anyways.

06-23-2013, 08:56 PM	#10
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,587 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	When you change the fonts suggested above, do you see actual font differences to be sure that the font has changed? I'm thinking maybe the books have embedded fonts, so changing them on the reader won't really make the change for epub. You could open up the problem books and Sigil and see if specific fonts aren't referenced.