Failure getting russian books readable on Sony PRS-600

mfaynberg · 12-03-2017, 05:28 PM

Hi everyone!
I made a couple successful attempts converting books (written in Russian) from doc/rtf to ePub format. However - my fault - I did not thoroughly document the process, and now seems like I am completely stuck. Whatever I am doing following the suggestions found online (installing the EPUB Font embedding plugin, modifying the CSS styles sheet), the converted books are not readable. Moreover, what's most confusing is that after I add a rtf file to the library it immediately becomes unreadable inside the Calibre. Oh, yes, I am using Calibre ver. 3.13/64-bit. What happens looks like follows: I have an rtf file that - being open in MS Word displays cyrillic fonts correctly. Moreover, I save it with "Embed the fonts in the file" Word option (using the Liberation serif fonts). Now I add that file to the Calibre library. After it gets added Calibre copies it to the declared library location, simply renaming it according to preferences. Then - when I try viewing this file inside the Calibre - the Calibre viewer does not display cyrillic correctly, but rather the "generic" font symbols (hence there is nothing to expect after conversion to ePub, right?), but if I open the copied file again with the MS Word, it looks OK. It seems like during adding a file to the library Calibre changes something. What exactly? Can it be related to that I upgraded Calibre from ver. 3.12 to 3.13?
Another fact though: when I copy the rtf (with seemingly embedded fonts) directly to the device, the device also fails to display the cyrillic font correctly.
I will appreciate your help! THanks everyone for help,
Mike Faynberg

PeterT · 12-03-2017, 09:13 PM

I can't help but think that the first issue is embedded fonts; I have gut feeling that calibre does not support RTF embedded fonts.

Why not use the calibre editor after conversion to see if the fonts are present?

Then if needs be, add them using the editor.

BetterRed · 12-03-2017, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

I can't help but think that the first issue is embedded fonts; I have gut feeling that calibre does not support RTF embedded fonts.

I'm not sure either. Try saving the RTF as a DOCX In Word (2007-2016), and then convert that to EPUB. The DOCX Input feature is more 'advanced' than the RTF one, and I'm pretty sure it supports embedded fonts.

And if it should need enhancing, then there's a good chance it will be; whereas the RTF Input feature is, to all intents and purposes, 'frozen'.

BR

PeterT · 12-03-2017, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I'm not sure either. Try saving the RTF as a DOCX In Word (2007-2016), and then convert that to EPUB. The DOCX Input feature is more 'advanced' than the RTF one, and I'm pretty sure it supports embedded fonts.

And if it should need enhancing, then there's a good chance it will be; whereas the RTF Input feature is, to all intents and purposes, 'frozen'.

BR

Not sure why I didn't suggest saving in DOCX format

kovidgoyal · 12-03-2017, 11:54 PM

If you embed font in docx they will remain embedded on conversion to epub

12-03-2017, 05:28 PM	#1
mfaynberg Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 564 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Sony PRS-600	Failure getting russian books readable on Sony PRS-600 Hi everyone! I made a couple successful attempts converting books (written in Russian) from doc/rtf to ePub format. However - my fault - I did not thoroughly document the process, and now seems like I am completely stuck. Whatever I am doing following the suggestions found online (installing the EPUB Font embedding plugin, modifying the CSS styles sheet), the converted books are not readable. Moreover, what's most confusing is that after I add a rtf file to the library it immediately becomes unreadable inside the Calibre. Oh, yes, I am using Calibre ver. 3.13/64-bit. What happens looks like follows: I have an rtf file that - being open in MS Word displays cyrillic fonts correctly. Moreover, I save it with "Embed the fonts in the file" Word option (using the Liberation serif fonts). Now I add that file to the Calibre library. After it gets added Calibre copies it to the declared library location, simply renaming it according to preferences. Then - when I try viewing this file inside the Calibre - the Calibre viewer does not display cyrillic correctly, but rather the "generic" font symbols (hence there is nothing to expect after conversion to ePub, right?), but if I open the copied file again with the MS Word, it looks OK. It seems like during adding a file to the library Calibre changes something. What exactly? Can it be related to that I upgraded Calibre from ver. 3.12 to 3.13? Another fact though: when I copy the rtf (with seemingly embedded fonts) directly to the device, the device also fails to display the cyrillic font correctly. I will appreciate your help! THanks everyone for help, Mike Faynberg

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12-03-2017, 09:13 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,168 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	I can't help but think that the first issue is embedded fonts; I have gut feeling that calibre does not support RTF embedded fonts. Why not use the calibre editor after conversion to see if the fonts are present? Then if needs be, add them using the editor.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you embed font in docx they will remain embedded on conversion to epub

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