Wrong font for foreign letters

Kujin · 05-08-2019, 05:09 PM

Hello. As you can see in this screenshot the letters ā, ī etc. aren't in the same font as the rest of the text. How can I fix it? Any help would be very appreciated

theducks · 05-08-2019, 05:42 PM

Not knowing the language.
Render engines sometime substitute characters when the specified (the default be what is used if non-specified) glyph is not in the current set.

Find a COMPLETE set for your needs and include the needed
font family:

and embed that font (if needed) add @font-face to link it to the font-family

Kujin · 05-08-2019, 05:50 PM

Sorry for asking this question, but how do I do that?

BetterRed · 05-08-2019, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Not knowing the language.

Nikaya's are Theravada Buddhist texts, there's five of them, the four cited are the major texts, so language would be Pali.

I'm not sure what the OP's issue is, the Pali words are rendered used a 'Latinised' Pali script with its standard diacritics, and the English words are presumably rendered using a Latin script with no diacritics - apart from tittles on 'eye's and 'jay's

BR

Kujin · 05-08-2019, 06:50 PM

How do I now make it work? I didn't understand @theducks 's explanation :/

BetterRed · 05-08-2019, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kujin

How do I now make it work? I didn't understand @theducks 's explanation :/

I don't understand your problem, make what work? There are two languages in the document -- English and Pali -- and they are rendered in the scripts (fonts) pertinent to those languages -- just as one would render German with its umlauts and eszetts.

BR

phossler · 05-08-2019, 08:34 PM

I believe the OP is referring to things like the long-i and long-a seem to be sans regular, and the rest appear to be serif italic.

colinsky · 05-08-2019, 09:22 PM

How you can fix this depends on your book and reading device/app. As theducks suggested, it appears that the primary font does not contain the marked characters (or at least not in italic form) and they are being substituted.

The font choices could be specified by the book itself or default for your reader. Depending on the combination, your options are to:
- Chose a different font if your reader/app allows you to, or
- Edit the ebook file to reference or embed a font that contains all the necessary characters. This will probably involve editing the .CSS file. Calibre will let you do this, and you can probably search Mobileread for some examples of the changes you will need to make to do so.

Kujin · 05-09-2019, 01:23 PM

I am using the Calibre e-book viewer on my desktop.

05-08-2019, 05:09 PM	#1
Kujin Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Desktop (Windows 10)	Wrong font for foreign letters Hello. As you can see in this screenshot the letters ā, ī etc. aren't in the same font as the rest of the text. How can I fix it? Any help would be very appreciated

05-08-2019, 08:34 PM	#7
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,087 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I believe the OP is referring to things like the long-i and long-a seem to be sans regular, and the rest appear to be serif italic. Attached Thumbnails

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Not knowing the language. Render engines sometime substitute characters when the specified (the default be what is used if non-specified) glyph is not in the current set. Find a COMPLETE set for your needs and include the needed font family: and embed that font (if needed) add @font-face to link it to the font-family

05-08-2019, 05:50 PM	#3
Kujin Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Desktop (Windows 10)	Sorry for asking this question, but how do I do that?

05-08-2019, 06:50 PM	#5
Kujin Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Desktop (Windows 10)	How do I now make it work? I didn't understand @theducks 's explanation :/

05-08-2019, 09:22 PM	#8
colinsky Addict Posts: 240 Karma: 3500000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony PRS-300, PRS-T1, PRS-T3	How you can fix this depends on your book and reading device/app. As theducks suggested, it appears that the primary font does not contain the marked characters (or at least not in italic form) and they are being substituted. The font choices could be specified by the book itself or default for your reader. Depending on the combination, your options are to: - Chose a different font if your reader/app allows you to, or - Edit the ebook file to reference or embed a font that contains all the necessary characters. This will probably involve editing the .CSS file. Calibre will let you do this, and you can probably search Mobileread for some examples of the changes you will need to make to do so.

05-09-2019, 01:23 PM	#9
Kujin Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Desktop (Windows 10)	I am using the Calibre e-book viewer on my desktop.

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