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trying kepub and have questions
I received my new H2O 2nd edition to replace my lost H2O 1st edition. I use calibre to manage my books and side load everything. I decided to try kepub to see if I liked it (I particularly wanted the page count by chapter). I used the KoboTouchExtended plugin to perform the conversion. And I have noticed a couple of anomalies.
First, I use the custom font, Bookerly, and in kepub italicized words are also bolded. This doesn't happen in the epub. Second, the font size are drastically different between the two formats. Kepub has a smaller size than the epub version. I use settings in the Kobo eReader.conf to set initial values: readingFontFamily, readingFontSize. For an epub the FontSize value of 20 seems equivalent to the Kepub FontSize of 30. Based on what I have read, I assume this is due to built-in stylesheets for kepub vs epub or am I missing something? Do I have to use the patches to change this behavior? thanks. |
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I've never bothered as I discovered Google's Noto Serif font. I'd recommend giving it a shot. |
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12-22-2017, 10:40 AM | #3 |
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As far as I can see, Noto Serif is basically Literata with different spacing/line height (they are both Google fonts). They both look good on my Kobo Aura. |
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12-22-2017, 12:04 PM | #5 |
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I have tried several of the ideas mentioned in this thread, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...light=bookerly without any luck. I will try some other fonts.
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12-22-2017, 02:07 PM | #7 |
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This same problem came up quite recently when someone was trying to get Amazon's Ember font working correctly on a Kobo (both epubs and kepubs).
I did a step-by-step on how to fix this kind of problem. I used Ember as the example but you can fix Bookerly in the same way if you have the time and inclination. The original thread is here, posts #2 and #9. Someone also consolidated the details to the Wiki if you prefer to read it there. |
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Thanks, jackie_w, those directions (which were excellent by the way) worked. In particular the Italics-Bold was using demi instead of bold.
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(These days, I'm using Minion Pro. Before that, it was Iowan, preceded by Literata and Bookerly. I switch around a fair amount. Maybe Noto will be next!) |
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I prefer ChareInk for my main reading font.
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12-23-2017, 09:34 AM | #13 |
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I've noticed this as well. I just use kobo utilities to reset the font size after loading epubs. I haven't found a better way to deal with this.
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Here's a link to how this feature works. As detailed in the link, create a kobo_extra.css file in the root directory of your H2O, and add this line to it: Code:
body>div#book-columns>div#book-inner {font-size:1.5em} I should point out that not all Kobo models have this font-size "discrepancy" between epub/kepub. For example, the H2O does but the KA1 doesn't. ETA: I should also add that this option is not going to work on books which are DRM-locked - at least I don't think so. Last edited by jackie_w; 12-23-2017 at 10:21 AM. Reason: ETA |
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12-23-2017, 11:01 AM | #15 |
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Although the roman (normal) faces look similar, Literata's italics are very different from those in Noto Serif; Noto Serif has traditional highly slanted italics; Literata's are almost vertical but with a bit of a script look to them. I prefer Noto Serif's version, but that's a matter of taste.
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