ebook-convert does not display bold font when converting from html to pdf on OSX Mojave

[Brandon Pettit]

I just updated to the Mac OSX Mojave update last night and have been using the ebook-convert command to convert html files to pdf. Before the update, all my fonts had the proper regular, italics, and bold displays. After the update, when I would build my files to test, the regular and bold fonts did not appear any different.

Here are the steps to reproduce:
1. Must be on OSX Mojave
2. Create HTML file that displays html formatting options like so:
```
<h1>Introduction</h1>

Hello world, this is my first post.

<h2>This is an H2</h2>
<h3>This is an H3</h3>
<h4>This is an H4</h4>
<h5>This is an H5</h5>

Here is some good <i>italics</i> <br>
Here is some good <em>italics</em> <br>
Here is some good <strong>bold</strong> <br>
Here is some good <b>bold</b> <br>
Here is some good <mark>mark</mark> <br>
Here is some good <small>small</small> <br>
Here is some good <del>delete</del> <br>
Here is some good <ins>inserted</ins> <br>
Here is some good <sub>subscript</sub> <br>
Here is some good <sup>superscript</sup>
```
3. Run ebook-convert file.html file.pdf
4. Check the PDF output to see that the bold is not displaying for either the strong or the b tags.

This is being used for a work project, so the sooner it can be addressed the better. Thanks!

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Upgrade calibre, should be fixed already: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre/commit/3a421d8bdb0d4394f4c16f9b637f14e613654b83

 status fixreleased

[Brandon Pettit (novabran)]

Hi Kovid,

That's just the problem. I've updated to 3.33.1 when I did these tests. I also don't see that PR in the 3.33.1 changelog.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to update the CLI separately or something?

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

If you've upgraded to 3.33.1 already then that fix is in there. If it isn't working, then I'm afraid I have no idea what the cause is. I suggest using a VM if you need it working immediately.

[Brandon Pettit (novabran)]

Hi Kovid,

Thanks for the response. I will be using a VM with linux to do the official build I'm working with, but can you re-open this to investigate this issue when time permits? I really like this tool and the process I'm able to use with it, but I may need to investigate alternative tools if this can't be resolved.

Thanks for your time and attention!
Brandon

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

This is not an issue in calibre code, so there is not much I can do to
fix it. Hopefully, when calibre moves to using QT 5.12 it will fix
itself, which will happen for calibre 4.0

[Brandon Pettit (novabran)]

Is there a timeline for calibre 4.0? I'm looking forward to testing that.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Sadly no. There's a good deal going on in my personal life right now that is interfering.

[Brandon Pettit (novabran)]

Sorry to hear that, Kovid. I really enjoy calibre, so I hope things turn out well and you are able to continue your good work.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.

 status fixreleased

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

well I found some time to fix this.