chinese on kindle 2: which solution?

russellmz00 · 05-23-2011, 11:30 PM

i'm getting my dad a refurb "Kindle Wireless Reading Device with Free 3G – 2nd Generation", mostly so he has some way to email people. he has no internet/computer/smartphone. but i thought it would be nice if he could read some old chinese books from gutenberg or some online chinese newspapers too.

for those who have worked on their kindle 2, what worked out best for you?

blogkindle firmware unicode hack? duokan? other?

if you have a link and instructions, that would be great.

any help would be appreciated. thanks!

Jiang · 05-24-2011, 12:13 AM

if you can read chinese, here is a link that may help you: http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthre...extra=page%3D1

ichbindasauge · 05-24-2011, 05:15 AM

I use NiLuJe's font hack, see
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...nd_3.x_Kindles

I replaced the fonts with Arial Unicode from my Windows PC, this was the only font I found that included German Umlauts and Chinese characters, but if you don't need German, other unicode fonts might be fine.

russellmz00 · 05-27-2011, 02:29 AM

thanks for the info guys. i can't read chinese myself so i guess i'll try the font hack.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichbindasauge

I use NiLuJe's font hack, see
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...nd_3.x_Kindles

I replaced the fonts with Arial Unicode from my Windows PC, this was the only font I found that included German Umlauts and Chinese characters, but if you don't need German, other unicode fonts might be fine.

thanks for the info. after doing the stuff at that link, does your browser still work? do i need to take precautions like never updating the firmware? did you just replace the reading font or the browser fonts as well?

i see no serial number on the back of my kindle but it starts with b003 under settings menu, so i guess i have the global wireless?

what happens if i choose the wrong firmware? will it brick?

tomsem · 05-27-2011, 01:49 PM

PDF is an option also, if you have the source document and a tool to generate it. Set the page size of the document to match the size of the Kindle viewing area, set the document margins to zero (or close to it - Kindle adds margins around the PDF viewing area), don't include headers/footers (they take valuable real estate and Kindle will show page numbers) and set the text size and typeface according to your preference.

05-23-2011, 11:30 PM	#1
russellmz00 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: sony pocket reader	chinese on kindle 2: which solution? i'm getting my dad a refurb "Kindle Wireless Reading Device with Free 3G – 2nd Generation", mostly so he has some way to email people. he has no internet/computer/smartphone. but i thought it would be nice if he could read some old chinese books from gutenberg or some online chinese newspapers too. for those who have worked on their kindle 2, what worked out best for you? blogkindle firmware unicode hack? duokan? other? if you have a link and instructions, that would be great. any help would be appreciated. thanks!

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Jiang Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 52 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Shanghai, China Device: kindle keyboard, kindle HD 8.9	if you can read chinese, here is a link that may help you: http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthre...extra=page%3D1

05-24-2011, 05:15 AM	#3
ichbindasauge Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 203522 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle 2 US, iPad, Samsung Win 8 Tablet	I use NiLuJe's font hack, see https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...nd_3.x_Kindles I replaced the fonts with Arial Unicode from my Windows PC, this was the only font I found that included German Umlauts and Chinese characters, but if you don't need German, other unicode fonts might be fine.

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,905 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	PDF is an option also, if you have the source document and a tool to generate it. Set the page size of the document to match the size of the Kindle viewing area, set the document margins to zero (or close to it - Kindle adds margins around the PDF viewing area), don't include headers/footers (they take valuable real estate and Kindle will show page numbers) and set the text size and typeface according to your preference.

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