06-13-2012, 11:34 AM | #1 |
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Still have a problem with installing fonts in my device
Hi my friends
I'm totally newbie in this forum and I have a problem with my prst1 since My language is Persian I really like to read my own language epub but I saw words like ???? in the device i Followed what guys just said but I dont know where i do wrong. Here is what I do: (Since I just bought the device I dont have any sdcard in it) After making a folder named "fonts" on the same directory as "Sony_Reader" & "DCIM" I copied two fonts "BADR.TTF" & "BADRB.TTF" ( first one for normal and second for bold) then i added my epub in calibre and i clicked on "convert books" then on "look and feel"and then in "extra CSS" box I wrote these lines: @font-face { font-family: "BADR"; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/../../mnt/sdcard/fonts/BADR.TTF); } @font-face { font-family: "BADR"; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/../../mnt/sdcard/fonts/BADRB.TTF); } then I clicked on "OK" after that I opened the directory where calibre converted epub and I copied it in the devise ( if the epub position in the device is important tell me please!!!) but I still see ???? what is my mistake? what does this path means : src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/../../mnt/sdcard/fonts/BADRB.TTF) ? I dont have any folder called "ebook" or "mnt" or "sdcard" or ".." !!! thanks |
06-14-2012, 04:11 PM | #2 | |
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I'm afreaid have no experience with Persian fonts, but try these @font-face statements in ExtraCSS when you do your calibre conversion:
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@font-face { font-family: serif, sans-serif, monospace; font-weight: normal; src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/../../mnt/sdcard/fonts/BADR.TTF) } @font-face { font-family: serif, sans-serif, monospace; font-weight: bold; src: url(res:///ebook/fonts/../../mnt/sdcard/fonts/BADRB.TTF) } body, body.calibre, body.calibre1, body.calibre2, body.calibre3 { font-family: serif } Forgive my ignorance, but this customising font method will only display properly for left-to-right languages. Is Persian left-to-right or right-to-left? Quote:
P.S. Why are you not using calibre to transfer your epubs to the PRST1? You lose a lot of calibre bells and whistles if you drag-and-drop |
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06-14-2012, 05:27 PM | #3 |
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Thanks
Thanks my friend. It was a huge step for me since with your suggestion I at least see the characters but as you mentioned it is in the reverse order like "KOOB" instead of "BOOK"
do you have any other idea or suggestion to fix it? |
06-14-2012, 07:25 PM | #4 |
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I believe some people who read other right-to-left languages, e.g. Hebrew, create pdfs (correctly sized for a 6" reader) rather than epubs, but I have no experience myself. If you go this route I don't think calibre is the best tool for creating pdfs.
If you have the finances I believe the PocketBook range of ereaders will read some right-to-left languages. Whether Persian is one of them, I don't know. Try a forum search for 'Hebrew' to see if you can dig up one of the threads which discussed the general problem in more detail. Sorry I can't give you more detailed advice. Maybe someone who knows more than me will drop by. |
06-21-2012, 05:28 PM | #5 |
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Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and other European languages, additionally, jetBook supports Arabic, FARSI, Vietnamese and Hebrew." Or it says at: <http://www.jr.com/ectaco/pe/ECT_JBOOKLITEWH/> where, incidentally, the JBL is on sale for $90. Great little reader. JBL was my first reader (I now have six) and I still use it a lot. A very convenient size to carry around. |
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That previous message SHOULD have read like this. Can you believe I once worked for ten years as a typesetter? Non-computerized, however...
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