Italicized Fonts not showing up!!

Ephraim · 12-10-2010, 04:57 PM

First off this is for a new ePub Im creating. When I go to copy the text over to Sigil it does not transfer over the italicized fonts. It keeps it looking just like the rest. Anyway to fix this? Thanks in advance.

Danger · 12-10-2010, 07:08 PM

In Sigil you should see somewhere on the toolbar the following:

A A A A

Highlight the word you want italicised and click on the A. I don't believe it is possible for text formatting to be carried over by copy/paste.

theducks · 12-10-2010, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ephraim

First off this is for a new ePub Im creating. When I go to copy the text over to Sigil it does not transfer over the italicized fonts. It keeps it looking just like the rest. Anyway to fix this? Thanks in advance.

When you copy Text (WYSIWYG), from some other source, it does not always have the proper HTML tags , so you don't get what was in the source.
If yo copy HTML Code to Code view (CV), the you have tags

Code:

<i>words</i>

Import an (Text Add) existing if you want the styling to come along.

Valloric · 12-11-2010, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ephraim

First off this is for a new ePub Im creating. When I go to copy the text over to Sigil it does not transfer over the italicized fonts. It keeps it looking just like the rest. Anyway to fix this? Thanks in advance.

Are you using embedded fonts? Font variants (bold, italic etc) for embedded fonts will not show up correctly in the Book View. They will look like the regular font.

This is a QtWebKit bug.

Ephraim · 12-14-2010, 12:45 PM

Thank you for your replies...How do I go about copying the HTML code over to code view and not just the plain text?

Toxaris · 12-14-2010, 01:48 PM

If it already html, why don't you just import it? Just add existing item and you're off.

Ephraim · 12-15-2010, 12:17 PM

Ok....sorry I'm not understanding. I have a PDF..and I was just copying and pasting all chapters over to Sigil. But then I noticed that all the styling wasn't in the text (Italicized Fonts). So how do I go about fixing this? Sorry..I'm a Novice at this stuff. Your help is appreciated!

theducks · 12-15-2010, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ephraim

Ok....sorry I'm not understanding. I have a PDF..and I was just copying and pasting all chapters over to Sigil. But then I noticed that all the styling wasn't in the text (Italicized Fonts). So how do I go about fixing this? Sorry..I'm a Novice at this stuff. Your help is appreciated!

Try converting with Calibre.
Styled text is like cookies in a Styling package.
When you copied the text, you removed the package to get the cookies out

Ephraim · 12-17-2010, 01:06 PM

when you say "Calibre" you mean the epub converter program? And are you saying instead of using sigil or convert with Calibre then use sigil?

DMSmillie · 12-17-2010, 03:07 PM

Ephraim, it would be worth trying Calibre to convert the PDF to EPUB. Not all PDFs convert well, but some do. If it doesn't work, you're no worse off than you are now, but if it does work, it might save you a lot of effort.

Calibre home page
Calibre forum (in Mobileread)

Toxaris · 12-17-2010, 05:18 PM

After conversion, load the epub in Sigil for some fine-tuning though...

Ephraim · 12-21-2010, 12:20 PM

Ok...Thanks guys. That worked great. Calibre worked well with my file and I've cleaned it up with Sigil.

theducks · 12-21-2010, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ephraim

Ok...Thanks guys. That worked great. Calibre worked well with my file and I've cleaned it up with Sigil.

Glad it worked out

A minor point

Calibre is a Library Manager that happens to convert books (when needed).

Rather than try and get it to make a 'perfect' conversion, I just get it close and polish it with Sigil.

12-10-2010, 04:57 PM	#1
Ephraim Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ibooks	Italicized Fonts not showing up!! First off this is for a new ePub Im creating. When I go to copy the text over to Sigil it does not transfer over the italicized fonts. It keeps it looking just like the rest. Anyway to fix this? Thanks in advance.

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12-10-2010, 07:08 PM	#2
Danger Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 1665031 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Device: K2 (retired), Kobo Touch (passed to the wife), KGlo, Galaxy TabPro	In Sigil you should see somewhere on the toolbar the following: A A A A Highlight the word you want italicised and click on the A. I don't believe it is possible for text formatting to be carried over by copy/paste.

12-14-2010, 12:45 PM	#5
Ephraim Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ibooks	Thank you for your replies...How do I go about copying the HTML code over to code view and not just the plain text?

12-14-2010, 01:48 PM	#6
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	If it already html, why don't you just import it? Just add existing item and you're off.

12-15-2010, 12:17 PM	#7
Ephraim Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ibooks	Ok....sorry I'm not understanding. I have a PDF..and I was just copying and pasting all chapters over to Sigil. But then I noticed that all the styling wasn't in the text (Italicized Fonts). So how do I go about fixing this? Sorry..I'm a Novice at this stuff. Your help is appreciated!

12-17-2010, 01:06 PM	#9
Ephraim Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ibooks	when you say "Calibre" you mean the epub converter program? And are you saying instead of using sigil or convert with Calibre then use sigil?

12-17-2010, 03:07 PM	#10
DMSmillie Enquiring Mind Posts: 562 Karma: 42350 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: London, UK Device: Kindle 3 (WiFi)	Ephraim, it would be worth trying Calibre to convert the PDF to EPUB. Not all PDFs convert well, but some do. If it doesn't work, you're no worse off than you are now, but if it does work, it might save you a lot of effort. Calibre home page Calibre forum (in Mobileread)

12-17-2010, 05:18 PM	#11
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	After conversion, load the epub in Sigil for some fine-tuning though...

12-21-2010, 12:20 PM	#12
Ephraim Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: ibooks	Ok...Thanks guys. That worked great. Calibre worked well with my file and I've cleaned it up with Sigil.

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