Horrendous formatting...

patrik · 09-17-2020, 11:46 AM

Bought a new book the other day, and it seems to be some weird fixed layout which makes it impossible to read...

Every word has it's own set up spans etc...

Maybe some of you regex masters can salvage this, I'm actually thinking converting it to pdf and run it through Finereader...

Code:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops">
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8"/>
		<meta content="width=420,height=595" name="viewport"/>
		<title>9789137154060-147</title>
		<link href="css/idGeneratedStyles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<meta content="urn:uuid:d6736828-9029-46f0-8f4e-838ca7e0a36b" name="Adept.expected.resource"/>
	</head>
	<body id="x9789137154060-147" lang="sv-SE" style="width:420px;height:595px" xml:lang="sv-SE">
		<div id="_idContainer466">
			<img alt="" class="_idGenObjectAttribute-1 _idGenObjectAttribute-2" src="image/1.png"/>
		</div>
		<div class="Enkel-textram" id="_idContainer467">
			<div style="width:5782.68px;height:589.61px;position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;-webkit-transform-origin: 0% 0%; -webkit-transform: translate(0px,1px) rotate(0deg) scale(0.05);transform-origin: 0% 0%; transform: translate(0px,1px) rotate(0deg) scale(0.05);">
				<p class="Allm-nt-styckeformat ParaOverride-1"><span class="CharOverride-15" id="_idTextSpan32802" style="position:absolute;top:146.54px;left:5516.68px;letter-spacing:-0.63px;">147</span></p>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div id="_idContainer468">
			<div style="width:5782.68px;height:9070.87px;position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;-webkit-transform-origin: 0% 0%; -webkit-transform: translate(0px,1px) rotate(0deg) scale(0.05);transform-origin: 0% 0%; transform: translate(0px,1px) rotate(0deg) scale(0.05);">
				<p class="Kapitelnummer ParaOverride-1"><span class="CharOverride-16" id="_idTextSpan32803" style="position:absolute;top:608.94px;left:2380.64px;letter-spacing:0.53px;">KEPITEL 6</span></p>
				<p class="Kapitelrubrik ParaOverride-1"><span class="CharOverride-17" id="_idTextSpan32804" style="position:absolute;top:1146.1px;left:1647.97px;letter-spacing:-1.61px;">Hoor </span><span class="CharOverride-17" id="_idTextSpan32805" style="position:absolute;top:1146.1px;left:2433.83px;letter-spacing:-1.3px;">möter </span><span class="CharOverride-17" id="_idTextSpan32806" style="position:absolute;top:1146.1px;left:3651.52px;letter-spacing:-2.8px;">doo</span><span class="CharOverride-17" id="_idTextSpan32807" style="position:absolute;top:1606.1px;left:1239.79px;letter-spacing:-3.86px;">oomfärldens </span><span class="CharOverride-17" id="_idTextSpan32808" style="position:absolute;top:1606.1px;left:3504.02px;letter-spacing:-2.54px;">kref?</span></p>
				<p class="Underrubrik-kapitel ParaOverride-1"><span class="CharOverride-19" id="_idTextSpan32809" style="position:absolute;top:2214.14px;left:1514.99px;letter-spacing:0.68px;">Tre-a </span><span class="CharOverride-19" id="_idTextSpan32810" style="position:absolute;top:2214.14px;left:1870.41px;letter-spacing:5.58px;">sätt </span><span class="CharOverride-19" id="_idTextSpan32811" style="position:absolute;top:2214.14px;left:2287.82px;letter-spacing:5.34px;">itt </span><span class="CharOverride-19" id="_idTextSpan32812" style="position:absolute;top:2214.14px;left:2608.28px;letter-spacing:5.12px;">hoontera </span><span class="CharOverride-19" id="_idTextSpan32813" style="position:absolute;top:2214.14px;left:3388.53px;letter-spacing:5.27px;">ferdegee-a</span></p>
				<p class="noindent ParaOverride-1"><span class="CharOverride-11" id="_idTextSpan32814" style="position:absolute;top:3420.12px;left:0px;letter-spacing:-0.5px;">Kommer </span><span class="CharOverride-11" id="_idTextSpan32815" style="position:absolute;top:3420.12px;left:839.93px;letter-spacing:-0.39px;">doo </span><span class="CharOverride-11" id="_idTextSpan32816" style="position:absolute;top:3420.12px;left:1122.98px;letter-spacing:-0.47px;">ihåg </span><span class="CharOverride-11" id="_idTextSpan32817" style="position:absolute;top:3420.12px;left:1556.48px;letter-spacing:-0.5px;">testet </span><span class="CharOverride-11" id="_idTextSpan32818" style="position:absolute;top:

Code:

#_idContainer002 {
	-webkit-transform:translate(-14.174px,-64.257px) rotate(0.000deg) skew(0.000deg) scale(1.000,1.000);
	-webkit-transform-origin:0% 0%;
	height:793.47px;
	left:0px;
	position:absolute;
	top:0px;
	transform:translate(-14.174px,-64.257px) rotate(0.000deg) skew(0.000deg) scale(1.000,1.000);
	transform-origin:0% 0%;
	width:499.95px;
}

span.CharOverride-22 {
	color:#ffffff;
	font-family:"Circular Std Black", sans-serif;
	font-size:220px;
	font-style:normal;
	font-weight:900;
}

div._idGenObjectStyleOverride-1 {
	border-bottom-left-radius:12px;
	border-bottom-right-radius:12px;
	border-style:dotted;
	border-top-left-radius:12px;
	border-top-right-radius:12px;
}

The image is how Calibre shows the ebook. As a epub on my Kobo is shows words sprinkled about on the page. Absolutly worthless.

What monstrous program makes this?

JSWolf · 09-17-2020, 11:58 AM

That is a fixed layout ePub. Change the file extention to .kepub.epub and load it on your Forma and it may work.

Converting to PDF won't work.

jackie_w · 09-17-2020, 12:18 PM

I think I read somewhere that Kobos expect fixed layout epubs to be named sometitle.fxl.kepub.epub

DNSB · 09-17-2020, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I think I read somewhere that Kobos expect fixed layout epubs to be named sometitle.fxl.kepub.epub

Correct.

From the Kobolabs Epub Spec:

Quote:

eInk

Connect the device to your computer via USB.
Find the drive on your computer in Finder or Windows Explorer.
Drag your EPUB onto the device. To trigger the Kobo WebKit, change the file extension to “.kepub.epub”. To trigger the Kobo WebKit for a Fixed Layout title, change the extension to “.fxl.kepub.epub”. (If the extension is left unchanged it will render using the Adobe Digital Editions WebKit. This is the default display engine for sideloaded content to enable bookmarking, searching and highlighting.)
Disconnect your device. The file will automatically appear in your library.

Sideloaded EPUBs with the ".fxl.kepub.epub" or ".kepub.epub" will disable bookmarking and note keeping. Thumbnails for covers may not display. Otherwise the reading experience and content display will be identical to how the file would display when loaded through the store. Leaving the extension as ".epub" will enable bookmarking and note keeping and will trigger the ADE display engine.

patrik · 09-17-2020, 12:23 PM

Yes, as a kepub it's readable on Kobo.

I would like to convert it to a flowable epub, that's why I thought it may be easier to go via pdf and Finereader, but I may try to play around with regex and see what happens.

patrik · 09-17-2020, 12:30 PM

When I renamed the file to xxx.fxl.kepub.epub it only shows the upper left quadrant of every page. (This was from the kepub-file, maybe it's different from the original epub?)

DNSB · 09-17-2020, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrik

Yes, as a kepub it's readable on Kobo.

I would like to convert it to a flowable epub, that's why I thought it may be easier to go via pdf and Finereader, but I may try to play around with regex and see what happens.

Converting a fixed layout epub to reflowable is "fun". Good luck.

najgori · 09-17-2020, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrik

When I renamed the file to xxx.fxl.kepub.epub it only shows the upper left quadrant of every page. (This was from the kepub-file, maybe it's different from the original epub?)

Who in Sweden sells books like this?*
Can you convert it to unicode text and just put some tags around headings?

*I visit relatives in Sweden at least once a year (before Corona) for 5 days or a week.

JSWolf · 09-18-2020, 09:54 AM

To keep your sanity, don't try to convert it to reflowable ePub. It's going to be a nightmare at best.

Hitch · 09-22-2020, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrik

Yes, as a kepub it's readable on Kobo.

I would like to convert it to a flowable epub, that's why I thought it may be easier to go via pdf and Finereader, but I may try to play around with regex and see what happens.

Lotsa luck. To be as blunt as I can, that's a job that my company will simply decline. It's 10-20x as much work, to "convert" FXL to reflowable, as it would be to make the entire thing from a damn PDF, (not Word, not InDesign) in the first place. It's...it's an horrific amount of work.

Hitch

Sarmat89 · 09-22-2020, 10:47 AM

It should be trivial to simplify the markup with a bit of regexes, as both the paragraph separation and whitespace is present. Locate important formatting like italics, and remove everything else.

Is the "KEPITEL 6" in your example a typo? Are there any OCR errors?

Hitch · 09-22-2020, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarmat89

It should be trivial to simplify the markup with a bit of regexes, as both the paragraph separation and whitespace is present. Locate important formatting like italics, and remove everything else.

Is the "KEPITEL 6" in your example a typo? Are there any OCR errors?

Well, heck, there you go!

Sarmat can do that for you, easy-peasy.

Hitch

JSWolf · 09-22-2020, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Lotsa luck. To be as blunt as I can, that's a job that my company will simply decline. It's 10-20x as much work, to "convert" FXL to reflowable, as it would be to make the entire thing from a damn PDF, (not Word, not InDesign) in the first place. It's...it's an horrific amount of work.

Hitch

With a reflowable ePub, can you copy/paste from the screen as plain text? I don't have a reflowable ePub to be able to check.

Sarmat89 · 09-22-2020, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

Well, heck, there you go!

Sure, sure, EPUBs are kuhplicated matter, and you need to give $$ to Hitch to do it correctly.

Hitch · 09-22-2020, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sarmat89

Sure, sure, EPUBs are kuhplicated matter, and you need to give $$ to Hitch to do it correctly.

No, no, but thanks. You said it would be trivial, so...why would anyone on earth pay MOI? Obviously, you have tricks and superpowers in regex that I don't know, so...I'm deferring, happily, to you! :-)

Hitch

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patrik Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	Yes, as a kepub it's readable on Kobo. I would like to convert it to a flowable epub, that's why I thought it may be easier to go via pdf and Finereader, but I may try to play around with regex and see what happens.

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patrik Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	When I renamed the file to xxx.fxl.kepub.epub it only shows the upper left quadrant of every page. (This was from the kepub-file, maybe it's different from the original epub?)

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,428 Karma: 145491800 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	To keep your sanity, don't try to convert it to reflowable ePub. It's going to be a nightmare at best.

09-22-2020, 10:47 AM	#11
Sarmat89 Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 2268308 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	It should be trivial to simplify the markup with a bit of regexes, as both the paragraph separation and whitespace is present. Locate important formatting like italics, and remove everything else. Is the "KEPITEL 6" in your example a typo? Are there any OCR errors?