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Old 03-15-2011, 10:36 AM   #19
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Chi Cygni,

By default the reader has only certain fonts in it. The default fonts, at least in my US device, don't include all the characters that you need for foreign language words.

Additional fonts can be copied from your PC. You copy and paste them into the reader, just one time.

The hard part is linking the books to something besides the default font. Every book has its own CSS file, which tells it what fonts to use. So if you do it the way I've been doing it, you'd have to put the link to the extra font, into the CSS for every book. And some books won't let you do this, because they have DRM (Digital Rights Managerment - this is supposed to keep you from pirating it) and the DRM blocks you from changing it.

The PRS-650 doesn't have a way for you to change the default font. So you can't just change it globally. This is where the aftermarket firmware comes in - it lets you do that. I chose not to install this, since if I mess up I don't know how to get back to where I started. Most of my books are in USA English and don't need those other characters.
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