Kobo Aura won't display a charcater ⇒

[MelBr]

Originally Posted by rashkae

Install the "KoboTouchExtended" Plugin in Calibre. With it enabled, books will automatically be sent to the Kobo as Kepub on the fly when you use the "Send to Device" button.

I have a post in the "Ultimate Tricks" tread with a more comprehensive list of tweaks to get the most of it, but just installing that plugin should get you started to see the difference.

Thank you! I will give that a try. I presume this is the post of interest in that huge thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=336

I just have two quick questions:

1) kobo_extra.css should be placed in the root / of the device, correct? Not in the .kobo...

2) When I send a book with Calibre, it will still have the .epub extension? I did notice that diff says that the file on device in Calibre and Aura are different so I'm guessing it worked. Plus the Kobo reader reports it as "Kobo Epub" in list view so I'm guessing all is working!

It's amazing how much better the kepub is from epub! Oh, and the arrow is showing up perfectly in all of the fonts I tried.

Should I also sideload Arial Unicode just so it can be used for some weird character?

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But, kepub has its own set of issues. You may want to stick with ePub.

Duly noted. Will give it a try but will double check things for weird side-effects.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by MelBr

1) kobo_extra.css should be placed in the root / of the device, correct? Not in the .kobo...

Correct.

2) When I send a book with Calibre, it will still have the .epub extension? I did notice that diff says that the file on device in Calibre and Aura are different so I'm guessing it worked. Plus the Kobo reader reports it as "Kobo Epub" in list view so I'm guessing all is working!

For a book to be recognised as a kepub on the device, the extension has to be ".kepub.epub". The drivers in calibre will handle the renaming during the send.

Duly noted. Will give it a try but will double check things for weird side-effects.

There are probably as many problems with epub as there are with kepubs. It's a matter of choosing your favourite. I do a mix. Mainly epub if I'm sideloading, but for picture or footnote heavy books, I sideload as kepub.

[rashkae]

Originally Posted by MelBr

Should I also sideload Arial Unicode just so it can be used for some weird character?

That will have to be up to you. I was going to skip that step myself, but then someone on another forum asked me if I could make Kobo support books with some Georgian Characters, so Arial Unicode ended up being my solution to that. (Note that Arial Unicode is not the same thing as basic "Arial" that comes with windows. Alas, it's not a free to distribute font, so I can't link here.)

But aside from the really off the reservation stuff, the glyphs kobo supports on it's own are pretty extensive.