Calibre: Setting subtitles

Jonnan001 · 04-04-2017, 07:55 PM

Apologies - I feel I must be missing something obvious, and the very few threads I've found reference using the format 'Title : Subtitle (...)' and that doesn't seem to do anything.

Reorganizing my books from an older (0.98) version of Calibre, really like the new Cover generation system. Except for the longer Title Subtitle combos I have on a lot of older 'Gutenberg' e-books.

After manually editing the title fonts to smaller, I noticed the 'Cover Generation Settings' dialogue (Screenshot attached) has an option for a separate smaller subtitle font.

"Great - I'll use *that*!" he said excitedly!

Except, I'm not finding there's anyway to actually use that. Formatting the Title with ' : ' or ' - ' (and variations thereof) to indicate there's a subtitle does nothing, nor am I finding a field to move that too. Yet there it is in the interface, sticking it's tongue out and giggling that I could really make these Covers pretty and consistent if only I wasn't missing something obvious.

Any help appreciated, Thanks

Jonnan

jhowell · 04-04-2017, 08:27 PM

You can determine how the title and subtitle are generated. Look in the "Text" tab.

theducks · 04-04-2017, 09:16 PM

Since Subtitle is not a standard field, it must come from a custom column
(what is labeled as Sub Title, is really (Series}. But I think you can use a custom Column (field) eg. #subtitle

OR

It is just a Title (FOPP) if it is in that column

04-04-2017, 07:55 PM	#1
Jonnan001 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Sony PRS950	Calibre: Setting subtitles Apologies - I feel I must be missing something obvious, and the very few threads I've found reference using the format 'Title : Subtitle (...)' and that doesn't seem to do anything. Reorganizing my books from an older (0.98) version of Calibre, really like the new Cover generation system. Except for the longer Title Subtitle combos I have on a lot of older 'Gutenberg' e-books. After manually editing the title fonts to smaller, I noticed the 'Cover Generation Settings' dialogue (Screenshot attached) has an option for a separate smaller subtitle font. "Great - I'll use that!" he said excitedly! Except, I'm not finding there's anyway to actually use that. Formatting the Title with ' : ' or ' - ' (and variations thereof) to indicate there's a subtitle does nothing, nor am I finding a field to move that too. Yet there it is in the interface, sticking it's tongue out and giggling that I could really make these Covers pretty and consistent if only I wasn't missing something obvious. Any help appreciated, Thanks Jonnan Attached Thumbnails

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04-04-2017, 08:27 PM	#2
jhowell Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,031 Karma: 91577715 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Charlottesville, VA Device: Kindles	You can determine how the title and subtitle are generated. Look in the "Text" tab.

04-04-2017, 09:16 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,903 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Since Subtitle is not a standard field, it must come from a custom column (what is labeled as Sub Title, is really (Series}. But I think you can use a custom Column (field) eg. #subtitle OR It is just a Title (FOPP) if it is in that column

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