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Originally Posted by jackie_w
If I follow the steps I outlined in post #30 after a reboot, everything appears to work as expected. See screenshots below. The only exception is the dictionary's name label on the top line of the pop-up (Pic2/Pic3).
It doesn't seem to matter which epub/kepub I open/re-open, if I do a dictionary lookup (any dictionary) the word definition uses the Malayalam Regular font for the parts of the definition which are intended to be displayed as Regular. I don't know how to fix the dictionary label's Malayalam characters but if it's a problem, a simple renaming of dicthtml-en-ml.zip may be the easiest workaround.
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Apologies for the delayed response. I've spent the last two days experimenting with various settings on my Glo HD. it's really strange, why things did not work as expected.
I was facing the same behavior as described in my previous posts despite multiple attempts, till I loaded the kepub test file you provided. What I observed is, after loading the kepub and setting the fonts in it, especially the "supplemental" font, things started to change. In kepub, for the first time, the Malayalam font was saved and retained upon reopening.
Encouraged by this experience, I decided to clean up my entire book library on the device. I installed the latest version of Calibre with the kepub conversion plugin, and reuploded the entire library of books in kepub format. Additionally, I moved my dictionary from '/.kobo/dicts' to '/.kobo/custom-dict'. Later the kobopatch with the custom dictionary font is applied again.
Now everything is working smoothly. I really like the the functionality 'supplemental font' with kepub files. For English books, I can set the main font to 'Amasis' and the supplemental font to 'Noto Sans Malayalam'. I even experimented with other installed Malayalam fonts as supplemental fonts, and they all worked seamlessly. Notably, Kobo seems to save this information with the kepub, as it survives a reboot.
Thank you so much for your response and detailed instructions.
