ePub doc created with Calibre is not showing polish characters in iRiver Story

mareksuski · 12-10-2009, 02:04 PM

Hi,

I am new user of Calibre and of IRiver Story device.

What I was trying to do, is to convert a word document with polish characters into ePUB document. I know that Calibre does not support Word documents so I have exported content of the document as HTML (Save As -> "Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html)" format). HTML page was coded with charset=utf-8. After that I have imported it into Calibre with "HTML to ZIP" pluging set to UTF-8. Then before converting book into epub I have set up in "Convert" window the "Input character encoding" aslo to utf-8. ePUB document was created successfully. After I have copied that document and open in iRiver Store all the polish charcaters were not displayed properly.

Maybe you will know what is wrong?

Best regards,

Marek

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 02:05 PM

Does the Iriver Story have the fonts necessary to display Polish characters?

mareksuski · 12-10-2009, 02:38 PM

It has, I have create a simple TXT file with polish characters and I have saved it as UTF-8. All polish characters were displayed properly.

Marek

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 02:43 PM

does the epub file display correctly on your computer with the calibre viewer?

mareksuski · 12-10-2009, 02:45 PM

Yes, calibre viewer shows polish characters properly

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2009, 02:46 PM

Probably a <meat> tag problem. Can you attach the epub to a ticket and I'll have a look at it

mareksuski · 12-10-2009, 02:53 PM

Sure, I have created ticket #4176. Good luck!

Semp · 12-28-2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mareksuski

Hi,

I am new user of Calibre and of IRiver Story device.

What I was trying to do, is to convert a word document with polish characters into ePUB document. I know that Calibre does not support Word documents so I have exported content of the document as HTML (Save As -> "Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html)" format). HTML page was coded with charset=utf-8. After that I have imported it into Calibre with "HTML to ZIP" pluging set to UTF-8. Then before converting book into epub I have set up in "Convert" window the "Input character encoding" aslo to utf-8. ePUB document was created successfully. After I have copied that document and open in iRiver Store all the polish charcaters were not displayed properly.

Maybe you will know what is wrong?

Best regards,

Marek

This is Adobe problem we must wait for fix from Adobe
Używaj innych formatów niestety z EPub jest problem w wielu językach praktycznie prawidłowo wyświetla tylko angielski

Jellby · 12-29-2009, 04:49 AM

Most probably the problem is the character not being included in the default Adobe font used. You can use an embedded font, but you have to do it manually (it's not difficult), as Calibre cannot do it (yet).

Vik · 03-11-2010, 03:24 AM

I have the same problem with Czech ebooks (same coding like Polish).

Anyway, IMHO it is not problem of Calibre, but problem of iRiver Story only. I tried the set of free books from Municipal library of Prague (http://www.mlp.cz/karelcapek/). Books should be created by Lexcycle Stanza v. 1.0.0-beta16.

I will ask the iRiver for solution of this problem...

wallcraft · 03-11-2010, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Semp

This is Adobe problem we must wait for fix from Adobe

Adobe's default fonts for mobile ADE are not very pretty, and they support a very limited range of characters. However, this isn't Adobe's problem - at least in the sense that a vendor, like iRiver, can replace Adobe's fonts with any other fonts if they want. On the Sony Readers, there is a hack that allows the owner to do this themselves. On several devices now we have found how to reference user provided fonts in the CSS of individual ePubs, see for example Fonts and Epub - What works on Sony, Works for Pocket Pro too! Another option is to embed the font in the ePub, for a recent discussion of this see Esperanto characters?

12-10-2009, 02:04 PM	#1
mareksuski Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iRiver Store	ePub doc created with Calibre is not showing polish characters in iRiver Story Hi, I am new user of Calibre and of IRiver Story device. What I was trying to do, is to convert a word document with polish characters into ePUB document. I know that Calibre does not support Word documents so I have exported content of the document as HTML (Save As -> "Web Page, Filtered (.htm, .html)" format). HTML page was coded with charset=utf-8. After that I have imported it into Calibre with "HTML to ZIP" pluging set to UTF-8. Then before converting book into epub I have set up in "Convert" window the "Input character encoding" aslo to utf-8. ePUB document was created successfully. After I have copied that document and open in iRiver Store all the polish charcaters were not displayed properly. Maybe you will know what is wrong? Best regards, Marek

03-11-2010, 03:24 AM	#10
Vik Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: iRiver Story	Confirmation of iRiver Story problem with CE characters I have the same problem with Czech ebooks (same coding like Polish). Anyway, IMHO it is not problem of Calibre, but problem of iRiver Story only. I tried the set of free books from Municipal library of Prague (http://www.mlp.cz/karelcapek/). Books should be created by Lexcycle Stanza v. 1.0.0-beta16. I will ask the iRiver for solution of this problem...

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12-10-2009, 02:05 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Does the Iriver Story have the fonts necessary to display Polish characters?

12-10-2009, 02:38 PM	#3
mareksuski Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iRiver Store	It has, I have create a simple TXT file with polish characters and I have saved it as UTF-8. All polish characters were displayed properly. Marek

12-10-2009, 02:43 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	does the epub file display correctly on your computer with the calibre viewer?

12-10-2009, 02:45 PM	#5
mareksuski Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iRiver Store	Yes, calibre viewer shows polish characters properly

12-10-2009, 02:46 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,853 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Probably a <meat> tag problem. Can you attach the epub to a ticket and I'll have a look at it

12-10-2009, 02:53 PM	#7
mareksuski Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iRiver Store	Sure, I have created ticket #4176. Good luck!

12-29-2009, 04:49 AM	#9
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Most probably the problem is the character not being included in the default Adobe font used. You can use an embedded font, but you have to do it manually (it's not difficult), as Calibre cannot do it (yet).

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