Hacks Can the K4 NT be hacked at all?

cliffsloane · 11-03-2011, 02:09 AM

I just returned to Thailand from the USA where I bought the Kindle 4 / wi-fi / $79 (BTW, what is the most accurate name for this?). Believe it or not, it is nearly impossible to buy any ebook reader in Thailand.

Mostly, I use it for PDFs and articles from newspapers and magazines. I usually copy and paste to Word doc, and now I save it for the Kindle as a TXT (using Western European Windows charset). I chose the K4 because, despite descriptions on several review sites, PDF display on others, ESPECIALLY the Sony was seriously flawed. It is not great on the K4, but adequate.

OK, the hack question.
Is it possible to change any of these myself?
1. Fonts or font darkness. Can I add fonts, or change the darkness?
2. Margins on PDFs? I can "nudge" a frame, but can I expand it too?
3. If a PDF has columns, can I hack a choice into the options for column width (as opposed to page width)?
4. Other hacking threads for other Kindles talked about enabling support for other formats, such as Epub and RTF. Is that even remotely possible on this one?

Thanks for any pointers you may have.

jswinden · 11-03-2011, 10:39 AM

I don't know the answer for questions 2-4.

The non-hacking calibre plugin that allows you to modify margins smaller than the system defaults and allows you to use a sideloaded font works exactly like it does on the K3. link.

PG4003 · 11-03-2011, 10:46 AM

I can't answer your questions, except I do believe Amazon calls this the Kindle 4. The previous model has become the Kindle Keyboard. Other new ones coming out are Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire.

slkissinger · 11-03-2011, 11:25 AM

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4. Other hacking threads for other Kindles talked about enabling support for other formats, such as Epub and RTF. Is that even remotely possible on this one?

Not a direct answer, but I have books purchased in .epub format prior to getting a Kindle. I use Calibre to convert those books to mobi, and then side load them to my Kindle Keyboard (K3)

cliffsloane · 11-04-2011, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I don't know the answer for questions 2-4.

The non-hacking calibre plugin that allows you to modify margins smaller than the system defaults and allows you to use a sideloaded font works exactly like it does on the K3. link.

This is good, and it wasn't hard to do. I added Georgia (the standard Windows one); it not only shows up, but offers some very nice line spacing options as well as font sizes.

The problems (there are two) are that you can only add one additional font, and that it will remove your new font (renamed "alt") from the list if you select "std" even once. So it does not allow you to switch back and forth. But I wind up concluding that Georgia is so much better than the default serif font (does anyone know its name?) that I will just stay with it, fort the time being.

NiLuJe · 11-04-2011, 02:31 PM

The default serif font is Caecilia

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11-03-2011, 02:09 AM	#1
cliffsloane Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 130422 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Thailand Device: Kindle 4	Can the K4 NT be hacked at all? I just returned to Thailand from the USA where I bought the Kindle 4 / wi-fi / $79 (BTW, what is the most accurate name for this?). Believe it or not, it is nearly impossible to buy any ebook reader in Thailand. Mostly, I use it for PDFs and articles from newspapers and magazines. I usually copy and paste to Word doc, and now I save it for the Kindle as a TXT (using Western European Windows charset). I chose the K4 because, despite descriptions on several review sites, PDF display on others, ESPECIALLY the Sony was seriously flawed. It is not great on the K4, but adequate. OK, the hack question. Is it possible to change any of these myself? 1. Fonts or font darkness. Can I add fonts, or change the darkness? 2. Margins on PDFs? I can "nudge" a frame, but can I expand it too? 3. If a PDF has columns, can I hack a choice into the options for column width (as opposed to page width)? 4. Other hacking threads for other Kindles talked about enabling support for other formats, such as Epub and RTF. Is that even remotely possible on this one? Thanks for any pointers you may have.

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11-03-2011, 10:39 AM	#2
jswinden Nameless Being	I don't know the answer for questions 2-4. The non-hacking calibre plugin that allows you to modify margins smaller than the system defaults and allows you to use a sideloaded font works exactly like it does on the K3. link.

11-03-2011, 10:46 AM	#3
PG4003 Addict Posts: 381 Karma: 987250 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kentucky Device: Kindle PW I & II, Kindle Voyage, Fire HD 7", Fire HD 8.9"	I can't answer your questions, except I do believe Amazon calls this the Kindle 4. The previous model has become the Kindle Keyboard. Other new ones coming out are Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire.

11-04-2011, 02:31 PM	#6
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	The default serif font is Caecilia .

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