Opiereader Annoyance

[joewandy]

Hi,

I'm using OpieReader 1.2.1-r0 on OZ 3.5.4.1 (Collie), this is the latest version updated from the OZ feed.

One strange thing I have encountered is that the character combinations "fi" that occur in any string in an open document is always displayed as a box. This occurs in any document type (html, txt, plucker, chm ...) and in any encoding (ascii, utf8, palm, windows, ...).

For example the strings:

"First I file my fish online"

becomes:

"[box]rst I [box]le my [box]sh online"

While my brain can automagically parse the boxes as the correct characters, it feels like an unscratchable itch    ... Does anybody know the cause of the problem?

[TimW]

Hi,

I'm using OpieReader 1.2.1-r0 on OZ 3.5.4.1 (Collie), this is the latest version updated from the OZ feed.

One strange thing I have encountered is that the character combinations "fi" that occur in any string in an open document is always displayed as a box. This occurs in any document type (html, txt, plucker, chm ...) and in any encoding (ascii, utf8, palm, windows, ...).

For example the strings:

"First I file my fish online"

becomes:

"[box]rst I [box]le my [box]sh online"

While my brain can automagically parse the boxes as the correct characters, it feels like an unscratchable itch    ... Does anybody know the cause of the problem?
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Either choose a font which has those ligatures in, or turn off the "Kern" check-box on the Layout tab of the Settings dialog (I got my typographical terms mixed up when I did the preferences pages).

I usually install my own fonts which support those ligatures so I like to have the capability of using them. Unfortunately the default fonts on the Zaurus don't have them so you need to turn them off.

[joewandy]

That was quick    Thanks, TimW!