12-31-2012, 02:47 PM | #31 |
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Good news.
I just followed davidfor's suggestion, and it works! I took an epub file which was displayed LTR instead of RTL and renamed it to filename.kepub.epub and loaded it back to the device. Everything was displayed perfectly, text appearing from right to left in perfect order. |
05-12-2013, 03:35 AM | #32 |
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Not quite working
I have found that arabic without the vowels (fatha, kasra, damma) seems to work fine, when the file is changed to kepub.epub, but my attempt to use them ended up with the vowel markers offset to the next character.
Unfortunately this is what I need, as I want to read Qur'an |
05-12-2013, 07:24 AM | #33 |
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Ok it seems it is an issue with the particular arabic font used. I was using one called Traditional Arabic, which it seems wont display the vowels properly. When I changed to a different font (Lateef or Scheherazade) the vowel markers display correctly, but the symbol for la - لا is displaying over the top of the previous character.
Has anyone got a decent arabic font which will display full arabic text correctly in epub? |
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Hi,
After running the file through Azardi, it seems that whatever font I choose in there make the text look perfect. (also choosing non-arabic fonts - I guess it automatically selects one that makes sense?) So i guess the fonts are fine, but somehow the differing fonts within the Kobo EPUB3 reader are somehow becoming skewed... |
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ok, I loaded my Kobo with about 20 arabic fonts, and now it works!
Moving down the list of fonts, the one that is working is called A_Nefel_Adeti. (cooltext.com for download) I haven't checked them all, I assume others will work too. |
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ok after checking further there still seems to be one or two small issues, but mostly it is good
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glad it works, and thanks for the info!
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here's a pic of what I managed to get.
I have had to edit a few things in Sigil, such as line spacing, so that the characters are clear |
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