Chinese Font Problem

dm15441 · 08-03-2011, 02:19 AM

Hi,

I have a question that was posted elsewhere, but I'm not sure if it can be solved by the unicode hack suggested. The problem is that certain Chinese characters show up darker than others when I save a Word doc into an RTF and then convert the RTF to either ePUB or Mobi using Calibre (the Word doc and RTF look fine themselves). I haven't even loaded the ePUB or Mobi to the Kindle yet, as I'm waiting for it, but if it has display issues in Calibre, I'm guessing it won't work in the Kindle either. Is there anyone who can help me with this?

Thank you!

Manichean · 08-03-2011, 03:50 AM

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ldolse · 08-03-2011, 09:02 AM

Unless the chinese characters are images vs. fonts how they look on your pc has nothing to do with how they'll look on a reader - sounds like you're using a bad font with Calibre or whatever reader you're using on the PC.

I'm not sure if the Kindle supports chinese at all.

There was a similar discussion on this earlier today/yesterday - never hurts to browse/search the forums to see if there are answers already:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144805

dm15441 · 08-05-2011, 11:17 AM

Hi ldolse,

The books do look fine on my Kindle 3, so thanks! I had only searched the forum for any posts about Chinese problems, but it was clever to look for any type of font problems!

Quote:

Originally Posted by ldolse

Unless the chinese characters are images vs. fonts how they look on your pc has nothing to do with how they'll look on a reader - sounds like you're using a bad font with Calibre or whatever reader you're using on the PC.

I'm not sure if the Kindle supports chinese at all.

There was a similar discussion on this earlier today/yesterday - never hurts to browse/search the forums to see if there are answers already:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144805

08-03-2011, 02:19 AM	#1
dm15441 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Chinese Font Problem Hi, I have a question that was posted elsewhere, but I'm not sure if it can be solved by the unicode hack suggested. The problem is that certain Chinese characters show up darker than others when I save a Word doc into an RTF and then convert the RTF to either ePUB or Mobi using Calibre (the Word doc and RTF look fine themselves). I haven't even loaded the ePUB or Mobi to the Kindle yet, as I'm waiting for it, but if it has display issues in Calibre, I'm guessing it won't work in the Kindle either. Is there anyone who can help me with this? Thank you!

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Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Moderator Notice Moved to more appropriate forum.

08-03-2011, 09:02 AM	#3
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Unless the chinese characters are images vs. fonts how they look on your pc has nothing to do with how they'll look on a reader - sounds like you're using a bad font with Calibre or whatever reader you're using on the PC. I'm not sure if the Kindle supports chinese at all. There was a similar discussion on this earlier today/yesterday - never hurts to browse/search the forums to see if there are answers already: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144805

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