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Old 05-19-2020, 01:28 PM   #1
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Some books (a very short introductions series in my case) have vertical text on margins, like title of the book/chapter. The problem is that calibre doesn't show vertically oriented text, so it ends up being shattered through the main text. Is there a way to configure viewer to show vertically oriented text?
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Old 05-19-2020, 05:47 PM   #2
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You did not specify how you are creating vertical text. Vertical text works fine on the old Calibre viewer (as well as on my Kindle Paperwhite. I am using a CSS property. Try this:
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Old 05-19-2020, 09:29 PM   #3
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I'm going to need an example of such a book to tell you more.
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Old 05-21-2020, 06:44 AM   #4
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I'm going to need an example of such a book to tell you more.
For example the whole series of Oxfrod's very short introductions
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Old 05-21-2020, 08:16 AM   #5
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Here's what it looks like in ubuntu document viewer.
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I'm afraid I am not going to go hunting for a book file, post an actual file demonstrating the issue.
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Old 05-21-2020, 10:33 AM   #7
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I'm afraid I am not going to go hunting for a book file, post an actual file demonstrating the issue.
Sorry, there you go. It applies to all avs

[deleted copyright books. Only post those in a private bug report at calibre's web site.]
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I'm afraid I am not going to go hunting for a book file, post an actual file demonstrating the issue.
Also, here is what it looks like in calibre
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Old 05-21-2020, 10:48 AM   #9
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That's an artifact of PDf conversion, not the viewer. See https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...-pdf-documents
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That's an artifact of PDf conversion, not the viewer. See https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...-pdf-documents
The problem is that when i open exact same file with document viewer and calibre, the distortion is only in calibre
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yes because document viewer is viewing the PDF and calibre converts the PDF to html under the hood to view it, since the calibre viewer is meant for reflowable text, not PDFs.
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Calibre viewer is an ebook viewer. PDFs are not really ebooks, they are paper texts in electronic form. Use a PDF viewer for PDFs.
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yes because document viewer is viewing the PDF and calibre converts the PDF to html under the hood to view it, since the calibre viewer is meant for reflowable text, not PDFs.
So basically there's nothing I can do to properly view pdfs in calibre?
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So basically there's nothing I can do to properly view pdfs in calibre?
This is sort of like asking "Have you stopped beating your spouse?"

To answer what I think is your question "How do I best view PDFs when using calibre": if viewing on the desktop, tell calibre to use a PDF viewer to open the file. If viewing on a content server client, download the file and view it with a native PDF viewer.
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In Preferences: Behavior: (right side) Remove the tick next to PDF

the right side says USE Calibre's Viewer for these...
Which is NOT what you want for PDF
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