keep the chapter titles and drop caps intact

[gabryele]

When I send a book from Calibre to Kobo (and it converts it to kepub), is there a way to avoid losing, for example, the drop cap with the capital letter and the font of the chapter name (see image)?



I haven't touched anything in Calibre, so I have the standard settings. There's probably some setting somewhere I should check, right?

[Sirtel]

No, there isn't. You either need to patch your Kobo or to use epub instead of kepub.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

No, there isn't. You either need to patch your Kobo or to use epub instead of kepub.

Huh! I only use Calibre KEPUB (but there is a different issue...Later)
When viewing the book: Bring up the menu (I tap the center): Aa : Font face: Publishers Default
This assumes the fonts are embedded in the book or are a standard on the Kobo.

Now for the other issue with KEPUB. If the stylesheet has
letter-spacing: , the Kobo handles the spaces poorly

ChapterForty-Two

That is now what you see instead of Chapter Forty-Two

Another issue I have run into is when a dropcap uses GreatVibes and the size is (results being) over 4em, it cant handle wide letters, and the whole lette becomes a cluster of dots on the left edge of the dropped box (I assume this is an overflow condition as the space looks proper.

[Sirtel]

Publisher default disables your chosen font. I'm talking about having your chosen font for main text and publisher font for chapter titles et al. Epub does it out of the box, kepub needs a patch.

[fogice]

Originally Posted by theducks

Now for the other issue with KEPUB. If the stylesheet has
letter-spacing: , the Kobo handles the spaces poorly

ChapterForty-Two

That is now what you see instead of Chapter Forty-Two

Ah, thanks, I meant to research why some of my chapter titles were getting borked. Now to find the most efficient way to remove those styles...

[gabryele]

nevermind the font, but for the drop cap with the capital letter?
also this is a kepub malfunction?

[Sirtel]

The dropcap presumably uses an embedded font as well. By default, kepubs don't display embedded fonts, unless you select the publisher default or patch your Kobo.

[Quoth]

And in general if you are making epubs that work everywhere, inc publishing on Amazon, avoid drop caps, special initial caps, SMALL CAPS, frames, tables, columns, backgrounds, footnotes etc. Most of that can work on many things, but all of it will break on some things. Don't set line-heights either.