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kronpas · 07-19-2014, 04:49 AM

My Japanese isnt up to the task yet so after purchasing I prefer reading japanese novels on PC as its more convenient to look words up there. Unfortunately, Calibre ebook viewer doesnt support right to left, vertical text well at all. Its still readable if I convert to other formats but then it turned into horizontal blocks, losing the beauty of Oriental text.

Is there any alternative reader/ viewer on PC for East Asian languages out there, or anything workaround for this issue? Thank much.

07-19-2014, 04:49 AM	#1
kronpas Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle 2	Calibre viewer alt for East asian languages (vertical text, right to left reading) My Japanese isnt up to the task yet so after purchasing I prefer reading japanese novels on PC as its more convenient to look words up there. Unfortunately, Calibre ebook viewer doesnt support right to left, vertical text well at all. Its still readable if I convert to other formats but then it turned into horizontal blocks, losing the beauty of Oriental text. Is there any alternative reader/ viewer on PC for East Asian languages out there, or anything workaround for this issue? Thank much. Last edited by kronpas; 07-19-2014 at 06:24 PM.