Best option to read devanagari (indic) documents on Kindle 2

raahul80 · 07-26-2009, 09:37 AM

Hi

I recently purchased Kindle 2

and now trying to figure out best way to read PDF files which uses Devnagari unicode fonts or Indic fonts on it.

I know Kindle 2 does not support unicode.
I was thinking Kindle does show images, so can I convert the document in PNG images to read them on Kindle. Is there any tool available which can do this job.

Also please let me know if you know any better option.

Thanks

wallcraft · 07-26-2009, 11:08 AM

For the images option, try PDFRead. For a discussion of K2 specific issues, see Kindle 2 and PDFRead 1.8.

raahul80 · 07-26-2009, 11:37 AM

Thanks ....

Just wish there was any simple option for mac... its too complicated for mac.

daffy4u · 07-26-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raahul80

Hi

I recently purchased Kindle 2

and now trying to figure out best way to read PDF files which uses Devnagari unicode fonts or Indic fonts on it.

I know Kindle 2 does not support unicode.
I was thinking Kindle does show images, so can I convert the document in PNG images to read them on Kindle. Is there any tool available which can do this job.

Also please let me know if you know any better option.

Thanks

There is a unicode font hack for K2 (Kindle Font Hacks) in the Visual Kindle Guide wiki which may work for you. Follow the link in the wiki to the hack creator, BlogKindle, and see if he can help you out.

raahul80 · 07-29-2009, 11:07 PM

ok... so i was trying to update the font hack script

I am going to try this font http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...y.aspx?FID=243
but now the problem is, i have only regular and bold font files. but no italics, and italics bold. what files can i use instead of that. or can I just rename regular fonts file to italics?

daffy4u · 07-30-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raahul80

ok... so i was trying to update the font hack script

I am going to try this font http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...y.aspx?FID=243
but now the problem is, i have only regular and bold font files. but no italics, and italics bold. what files can i use instead of that. or can I just rename regular fonts file to italics?

I've used the font hack but I'm not techie enough to help. You may want to contact blogkindle for advice.

raahul80 · 07-30-2009, 01:20 PM

From blogkindle website

Quote:

It supports Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese and a bunch of other languages at a price of loosing styles such as bold and italic.

I guess he has also done the same thing, copied one regular font file with same bold,italics,italics bold name and so lost the styles.

I'll try this option today and post what happnes. thanks

raahul80 · 07-30-2009, 08:42 PM

Humm... the pdf converted to mobi dosent look good

but if i browse a website, it seems to be better

... will keep trying

07-26-2009, 09:37 AM	#1
raahul80 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: kindle	Best option to read devanagari (indic) documents on Kindle 2 Hi I recently purchased Kindle 2 and now trying to figure out best way to read PDF files which uses Devnagari unicode fonts or Indic fonts on it. I know Kindle 2 does not support unicode. I was thinking Kindle does show images, so can I convert the document in PNG images to read them on Kindle. Is there any tool available which can do this job. Also please let me know if you know any better option. Thanks

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wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	For the images option, try PDFRead. For a discussion of K2 specific issues, see Kindle 2 and PDFRead 1.8.

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raahul80 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: kindle	Thanks .... Just wish there was any simple option for mac... its too complicated for mac.

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raahul80 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: kindle	ok... so i was trying to update the font hack script I am going to try this font http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...y.aspx?FID=243 but now the problem is, i have only regular and bold font files. but no italics, and italics bold. what files can i use instead of that. or can I just rename regular fonts file to italics?

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raahul80 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: kindle	Humm... the pdf converted to mobi dosent look good but if i browse a website, it seems to be better ... will keep trying