Since 1.9.10, text slightly cut off on very bottom line - Page 2

rashkae · 09-05-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Take an ePub with an embedded font and convert it to ePub. You will find that every XML file now has the embedded font code instead of neatly once in the CSS.

That's it??? I know, i've seen that as well. It looks a bit ugly, but:

a) does not cause any problems.

b) Seeing as how someone went to the effort to actually create that behaviour, without doing deep research into why, I can only assume it is to work around some other problem people were having with those directives in the css.

danskmacabre · 09-05-2011, 03:31 PM

FWIW reducing the font size one step has completely stopped the cut off text problem from happening for me.
I can't guarantee this will work for everyone tho.

rashkae · 09-05-2011, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by danskmacabre

FWIW reducing the font size one step has completely stopped the cut off text problem from happening for me.
I can't guarantee this will work for everyone tho.

Making any changes to the formatting will re-flow the text for that session. it's likely to re-appear, however, when you exit to home screen and return to the book. (Of if you power off the kobo rather than sleep.)

danskmacabre · 09-05-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rashkae

Making any changes to the formatting will re-flow the text for that session. it's likely to re-appear, however, when you exit to home screen and return to the book. (Of if you power off the kobo rather than sleep.)

I came out of the book to the home screen and went back in the it still looked ok.

I used an ebook where I KNEW where the error came back when coming out and back in as well.

JSWolf · 09-05-2011, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by rashkae

That's it??? I know, i've seen that as well. It looks a bit ugly, but:

a) does not cause any problems.

b) Seeing as how someone went to the effort to actually create that behaviour, without doing deep research into why, I can only assume it is to work around some other problem people were having with those directives in the css.

a. It does cause a problem when you want to change the embedded font.

b. It was done that way because Kovid feels that all @ directives should be in each XML flow even though that is not as neat and easy to edit as being in the CSS.

That's not all. That is but one example.

What else happens is some of the CSS entries get converted into calibre1, calibre2, calibre3, etc. So if you know how the CSS is setup and want to edit it, you have to then go and figure out how this is now done.

And sometimes, it can throw off the formatting.

Jeff1192 · 09-05-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by clegare

When I turned off Show Margin Page Numbers in advanced settings it stopped cutting off the bottom line for some reason... maybe it'll work for others too?

This does seem to a be a solution to this problem. I did the same thing and the problem is gone.

Thanks for the info.

Jeff

danskmacabre · 09-05-2011, 06:25 PM

I've always had "Show Margin Page Numbers" off and it still happened to me.

Jeff1192 · 09-05-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by danskmacabre

I've always had "Show Margin Page Numbers" off and it still happened to me.

Maybe try turning them on and then off again. All I know is it completely eliminated the problem for me.

Jeff

danskmacabre · 09-05-2011, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff1192

Maybe try turning them on and then off again. All I know is it completely eliminated the problem for me.

Jeff

Thanks for the suggestion, but tried switching it on and off and it still happens.
But like I said earlier, reducing the font size (as someone else suggested) completely removes the issue anyway.
I'm guess certain fomatting combinations generate the problem and probably certain different combinations of formatting stops the problem (and varies case to case).

Jeff1192 · 09-05-2011, 07:14 PM

Hmmmm....that's weird because for me changing the font size worked for that specific reading session. But as soon as I powered off the Kobo or put it to sleep the issue came back. Gotta love software bugs.

danskmacabre · 09-05-2011, 07:21 PM

yes that IS odd. But I definitely changed the font size one step down, went out, ( I even turned it off and back on and went back in just now) went back into the same book and the problem is completely gone... weird.. Oh well.

Will be nice to get the firmware update tho as I prefer a slightly larger font, but I can't be bothered messing with it to get the magic combination of formatting settings where it doesn't happen with a larger font..

HarleyB · 09-05-2011, 08:20 PM

I'm lucky enough not to have seen this yet (maybe I got my quota with storage error and the double page forward issue

) and I'm curious to know once you have it does it happen with ALL books or only some books?

rashkae · 09-05-2011, 08:36 PM

It depends on the formatting of the book, and as above, exactly what display settings you use for the specific affected books. I have no confirmation of this, but I also suspect, it only affects epubs and not kepubs, though I can't verify that. Overall, though, since you can quickly correct it when it happens, this is more of a minor annoyance than anything else. (But, it seems, with Kobo, there's always something making me wait for the next firmware update.... bah)

SchrodingersCat · 01-07-2012, 06:35 PM

This is a deal breaker for me. The first book we opened, the first page we looked at, and the whole bottom line is missing (except the tops of the t's and h's).

Bottom line: fiddling with fonts and text sizes to "fix" what is obviously a very serious bug that never should have made it through final testing is just annoying and dumb. For $140, I expect it to just work properly out of the box. I shouldn't have to wait for updates or use annoying workarounds that may or may not resolve the issue.

At first I thought this could just be a bug with this one book, but two pages of people having the same problem tells me this is a systematic fault that should have been caught during production and testing.

I'll be returning this unit and getting something different. In a market with that much competition, the makers of e-readers can't afford to be so sloppy.

PeterT · 01-07-2012, 06:41 PM

Whick Kobo are you using?

There were some issues with fonts and an earlier firmware release on the Kobo Touch but that has been resolved for some time now.

01-07-2012, 06:35 PM	#29
SchrodingersCat Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle 2011	Back to London Drugs This is a deal breaker for me. The first book we opened, the first page we looked at, and the whole bottom line is missing (except the tops of the t's and h's). Bottom line: fiddling with fonts and text sizes to "fix" what is obviously a very serious bug that never should have made it through final testing is just annoying and dumb. For $140, I expect it to just work properly out of the box. I shouldn't have to wait for updates or use annoying workarounds that may or may not resolve the issue. At first I thought this could just be a bug with this one book, but two pages of people having the same problem tells me this is a systematic fault that should have been caught during production and testing. I'll be returning this unit and getting something different. In a market with that much competition, the makers of e-readers can't afford to be so sloppy.

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09-05-2011, 03:31 PM	#17
danskmacabre Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 3593438 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Glo. Galaxy Tab S 8.4	FWIW reducing the font size one step has completely stopped the cut off text problem from happening for me. I can't guarantee this will work for everyone tho.

09-05-2011, 06:25 PM	#22
danskmacabre Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 3593438 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Glo. Galaxy Tab S 8.4	I've always had "Show Margin Page Numbers" off and it still happened to me.

09-05-2011, 07:14 PM	#25
Jeff1192 Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 5802 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo touch	Hmmmm....that's weird because for me changing the font size worked for that specific reading session. But as soon as I powered off the Kobo or put it to sleep the issue came back. Gotta love software bugs.

09-05-2011, 07:21 PM	#26
danskmacabre Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 3593438 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Glo. Galaxy Tab S 8.4	yes that IS odd. But I definitely changed the font size one step down, went out, ( I even turned it off and back on and went back in just now) went back into the same book and the problem is completely gone... weird.. Oh well. Will be nice to get the firmware update tho as I prefer a slightly larger font, but I can't be bothered messing with it to get the magic combination of formatting settings where it doesn't happen with a larger font..

09-05-2011, 08:20 PM	#27
HarleyB Fanatic Posts: 565 Karma: 1113286 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast Australia Device: Kobo (RIP), iPad, iPhone 4, Kobo Touch x2, Kobo Glo	I'm lucky enough not to have seen this yet (maybe I got my quota with storage error and the double page forward issue ) and I'm curious to know once you have it does it happen with ALL books or only some books?

09-05-2011, 08:36 PM	#28
rashkae Wizard Posts: 1,274 Karma: 5935030 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Aura HD	It depends on the formatting of the book, and as above, exactly what display settings you use for the specific affected books. I have no confirmation of this, but I also suspect, it only affects epubs and not kepubs, though I can't verify that. Overall, though, since you can quickly correct it when it happens, this is more of a minor annoyance than anything else. (But, it seems, with Kobo, there's always something making me wait for the next firmware update.... bah)

01-07-2012, 06:41 PM	#30
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Whick Kobo are you using? There were some issues with fonts and an earlier firmware release on the Kobo Touch but that has been resolved for some time now.

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