ebook export, ID putting two separate words together.

[mwagner111]

I'm exporting a book into an ebook format (epub fixed). I see that ID put has two words toether. Pacific Ocean - into PacificOcean. Anyone seen this? Suggestions? The words are separate in the ID doc, and in the PDF I'm using to published a hard copy book.

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~MLW

[BobLevine]

Which EPUB reader are you viewing this in?

[mwagner111]

Both Apple and Kindle Previewer 3 - they both shows words together.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Is it doing this once (in a title, for example) or in every instance of the word pair?

Have you made sure it's a regular space (or other defined space) between the worlds? Try replacing it to be sure.

[mwagner111]

Was with InDesign tech support for well over an hour. They had control of my screen and we worked it and didn't fix it, frustrating. I worked on it some more by myself, ended up having to use other words - weird. And looking closer I now see it thoughout the Ebook doc - and not in the inDesign doc. Mercury Retro> WTF???? I'll keep trying, hacking around.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Fixed EPUB is not a reliable format in and of itself, and EPUB readers vary in presenting it even more than reflowable. There is no specific reason this should be happening; it's usually a collision of the format, the fonts and the reader.

If your goal is a Kindle edition to go with the print book, consider reflowable EPUB instead.

[mwagner111]

It's a graphic novel, it has to be fixed. Still not working in both Apple and Kindle reader. It just does it randomly, like with find cover = findcover, flying jets = flyingjets, fanel shirt = flanelshirt. I can fix it by using completely different words. 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Okay. It's the font. Substitute another one for it that has better kerning info, and you'll likely solve the problem.

[mwagner111]

JAMES - you did it! WTF - it was the font, I was using Courier New which I picked as a standard for Graphic Novel and Comic books. Thanks - strange that InDesign tech support wasn't able to catch it, suggest this fix. Now I have another day to rework everything. Check it out - by next week my first graphic novel in a trilogy will be avilable on Amazon. GRAFFITI WARS - When Art Saved the World. Thanks again everyone!

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Cool. Yeah, fixed EPUB is either fussy or crummy at font handling, your choice. If a font doesn't have just the right kerning info, it will do weird things. Fortunately there are many similar fonts. 

[mwagner111]

Thanks for the help everyone. Even InDesign tech support didn't know it was the FONT I was using. COURIOR NEW. Thanks James for suggesting it was the fonts. Whew.... back to the drawing board to change it all.