From c60d00db249348580c6ebcdde6a7518538ea2d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 13:18:18 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about the PDF subsetting Qt bug --- src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/html_writer.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/html_writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/html_writer.py index d2886bfdf4..a44acdc2a7 100644 --- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/html_writer.py +++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/html_writer.py @@ -1311,7 +1311,9 @@ def convert(opf_path, opts, metadata=None, output_path=None, log=default_log, co if num_removed: log('Removed', num_removed, 'unused fonts') - # Needed because of https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-88976 + # Originally added because of https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-88976 + # however even after that fix, calibre's font subsetting is superior to + # harfbuzz, so continue to use it. subset_fonts(pdf_doc, log) num_removed = pdf_doc.dedup_images()