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Originally Posted by Doitsu
Thanks for verifying this. It looks like Amazon introduced code2000 and the CJK fonts with the K3 models.
I.e., K1, K2 and DX owners won't be able to read Russian or CJK books without font hacks.
At least the latest iOS, Android and Kindle for PC apps apparently support Russian and CJK without embedded fonts.
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Are you sure? K4PC/Mac, yes...but I'm still not seeing embedded fonts in K4iOS...of course, I haven't looked in the last few weeks. And Cloud Reader hasn't had fonts, ever. I'll have to test it.
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Actually, Russian owners of 5.6.x firmware Kindles have one advantage over readers in other countries. They get automatic hyphenation for Amazon-bought and side-loaded KF8 books.
I guess Lab126 must have at least one Russian-speaking guy on their team who enabled hyphenation for Russian Kindle books.
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Given all the agita that we saw in that other thread, about hyphenation woes, I might just pass on that. ;-)
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I really don't envy you. IMHO, it'd be best if Amazon introduced a special metadata entry that marks a book as a KF8-only edition.
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I don't envy me, either, <g>. Yes, you know, that's not a bad idea. I wonder how I can pitch it to them, in such a way that they'd go for it? IOW, how could I pitch it in a fashion that would prevent it from being abused by those who don't know enough to use it correctly? Hmmmm....
Hitch