Can the Kindle display special characters that calibre cannot

lunixer · 08-19-2010, 09:57 PM

That is, I am converting a number of Spanish books in Calibre right now. Calibre does not seem able to display some of the characters, such as accented letters. I get the <?> looking character when I try to read the book in the Calibre viewer. If I read these books on a Kindle but the characters are in the Kindle's charset, will I see the <?> or the correct character? If you need clarification about what I am asking please ask. Thank you!

kovidgoyal · 08-19-2010, 09:59 PM

Its highly unlikely that calibre's viewer wont display characters in spanish. Your file probbaly has misencoded the characters. Read the entry in the calibre FAQ to learn how to convert documents with non english characters.

08-19-2010, 09:57 PM	#1
lunixer Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 928 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Can the Kindle display special characters that calibre cannot That is, I am converting a number of Spanish books in Calibre right now. Calibre does not seem able to display some of the characters, such as accented letters. I get the <?> looking character when I try to read the book in the Calibre viewer. If I read these books on a Kindle but the characters are in the Kindle's charset, will I see the <?> or the correct character? If you need clarification about what I am asking please ask. Thank you!

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08-19-2010, 09:59 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,857 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Its highly unlikely that calibre's viewer wont display characters in spanish. Your file probbaly has misencoded the characters. Read the entry in the calibre FAQ to learn how to convert documents with non english characters.

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