Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x - Page 122

NiLuJe · 06-20-2011, 11:41 PM

@ebjah: That's because the Kindle doesn't support Right-To-Left scripts, nothing we can do about it (at least in the default reader).

RecQuery · 06-22-2011, 02:53 PM

Couple of questions - Got a second Kindle and I've managed to install the Yifan Lu Jailbreak for firmware version 3.2.1 (576290015):

Can I now upgrade this Jailbreak to 0.7.N? or install the 0.7.N Jailbreak and then remove the Yifan Lu jailbreak?
If not, I know the USB, screensaver and font hacks work with the Yifan Lui Jailbreak, but is there anything I need to watch out for regarding future updates of these?

NiLuJe · 06-22-2011, 09:23 PM

@RecQuery: There's no real need to switch jailbreaks, once it's done, it's done, everything else should work fine after that

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Serevinus · 06-26-2011, 05:40 PM

Hi,

I jailbreaked and added the screen saver hack to my kindle a couple of weeks ago, but today I managed to sit on it and now the screen does not work, USB still works and I can still press the keys and can see that things are happening (although I can only see a tiny portion of the screen).

I was wondering what the correct sequence of keypresses is to uninstall them so that I can send it back for replacement.

Thanks

daburch · 06-29-2011, 04:41 AM

Hi, i used the fine work you've shown in this thread, with great success. Now, however, I've decided to sell my K3 in favor of the rooted nook I was given for my birthday. I ran the appropriate uninstall for the screensaver, then the jailbreak hacks, but while it has returned to normal operation, the added folders and files are still present. I don't want to sell this to someone with the tracks of the hacks present. How can I return the device to original?

Nodnarb518 · 06-30-2011, 12:17 AM

I installed the font hack, I read earlier that it pretty much replaces the default with these new ones in various parts of the browser and menus. However what i'm more interested in is fonts used in the actual book reading portion, right now it gives me a regular, condensed or sans serif. Is there any way to get more? Also whats the difference between the ones that come with the hack and other ones like Fontin, they all seem to have the same type of fonts in them.

Vette · 06-30-2011, 04:35 PM

FWIW, I jail broke and changed screen savers on a brand new kindle graphite. within a week the display died. same with the replacement.. don't know if it was the screensavers, which were photographs, or the jailbreak software but the graphites died rather quickly. be forwarned

tekkasit · 07-01-2011, 07:25 AM

NiLuJe, I'm interesting to modify your Kindle 3 font hack configuration to allow me to use difference font-face for difference character set.

Such as I want to add Thai fonts for display Thai character code (0xE01-0xE7F) without effect existing standard Menu, or Dialog.

Could you please guide me how I do that?

ebjah · 07-01-2011, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@ebjah: That's because the Kindle doesn't support Right-To-Left scripts, nothing we can do about it (at least in the default reader).

thank you NiLuJe!
So there is no hope for that.
But I am wondering why it is not also possible for Duokan to do...

NiLuJe · 07-02-2011, 11:09 AM

@Serevinus: Uninstall hacks, then the jailbreak, then remove the remaining custom directories on the root of your kindle.

@daburch: Completely normal, you can safely delete them.

@Nodnarb518: The default font used in the reader is the Serif_* family, check that you're using the 'regular' font in the [Aa] menu.

@tekkasit: Unless the script you want to display isn't LTR, using a font that support the unicode range you need as the CJK family should be enough (on a Kindle 3).

Nodnarb518 · 07-04-2011, 11:43 PM

How do i restore it to the default font that came with the hack.

wrkerr · 07-05-2011, 10:18 PM

So I really didn't like the font that came with my Kindle 3, so I applied the font hack with the default fonts included in the hack (Droid and DejaVu, I think). They are much more attractive, and I like that they are more Free than the proprietary font Amazon uses.

That being said, I need a font with better Greek character support. One of my ebooks (the New Testament of the Bible in 1st century Greek) does not display properly with the default fonts in the hack. It did display properly with Amazon's stock Kindle font, so I don't feel like this is too much of a request.

I know little about fonts, particularly little regarding alternative character sets. But I would like something that is clear and readable, so if I understand correctly, it needs to be able to be hinted well.

Additionally, I would prefer a font with some type of open source licensing. That's just the kind of guy I am.

I think the font "Gentium Plus" would meet my needs for character support... This is from their website:

Quote:

Gentium is a typeface family designed to enable the diverse ethnic groups around the world who use the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts to produce readable, high-quality publications. It supports a wide range of Latin- and Cyrillic-based alphabets. Gentium also supports both polytonic and monotonic Greek. Gentium Plus now includes more extended Latin glyphs (Unicode 5.1), archaic Greek symbols, and full extended Cyrillic script support.

I'm not sure though if it would look acceptable on the Kindle. Does anyone here have any insight into this? Would I need to do any extra work to get it to display with optimal hinting? OR, is there some other font that someone could suggest that would meet my needs? For a point of reference, I really like the looks of Droid.

Thanks in advance!

f-j-p · 07-06-2011, 11:48 AM

I also would be interested how to
(a) reinstall the fonts which came with the hack
(b) reinstall the original Kindle 3 fonts (without deinstalling the font hack)

Thanks and regards!

jwmjwm · 07-08-2011, 11:26 AM

Scoured the web looking for a hack to let me undo my SS 0.4 hack and no luck. Stuck at 2.5.6 (501108064) + SS 0.4

Any ideas on where to go from here? Anyway to reinstall an older bin or are 2.5.8 updates availalble in another hack? Basically I just want page numbers.

wrkerr · 07-08-2011, 05:43 PM

If anyone is also in need of more complete Greek character support, I wanted to report that I did get the Gentium Plus typeface working on my Kindle 3. I just downloaded the .ttf files from the SIL website, and then renamed them to conform to the Kindle naming scheme, and then put in them in my linkfonts folder (replacing the serif fonts already there), like NiLuJe described. I'm using the "light" hinting option, and the text is comfortably readable. I don't feel like it's as clear as Droid Serif was, but it has a much wider character support, so it's an acceptable compromise. If I'm reading at length from a book that doesn't need support for the additional characters, I'll probably switch the font over to my sans serif typeface, Droid Sans, which looks great.

Thanks for the great hack and clear instructions NiLuJe, and all others that have contributed. If anyone has any suggestions that could tweak this setup to make it better, that would be appreciated, but for now, this works for me! Thanks!

06-22-2011, 02:53 PM	#1817
RecQuery Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Scotland, UK Device: Kindle 3	Couple of questions - Got a second Kindle and I've managed to install the Yifan Lu Jailbreak for firmware version 3.2.1 (576290015): Can I now upgrade this Jailbreak to 0.7.N? or install the 0.7.N Jailbreak and then remove the Yifan Lu jailbreak? If not, I know the USB, screensaver and font hacks work with the Yifan Lui Jailbreak, but is there anything I need to watch out for regarding future updates of these? Last edited by RecQuery; 06-22-2011 at 02:58 PM.

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06-20-2011, 11:41 PM	#1816
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@ebjah: That's because the Kindle doesn't support Right-To-Left scripts, nothing we can do about it (at least in the default reader).

06-22-2011, 09:23 PM	#1818
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@RecQuery: There's no real need to switch jailbreaks, once it's done, it's done, everything else should work fine after that .

06-26-2011, 05:40 PM	#1819
Serevinus Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Hi, I jailbreaked and added the screen saver hack to my kindle a couple of weeks ago, but today I managed to sit on it and now the screen does not work, USB still works and I can still press the keys and can see that things are happening (although I can only see a tiny portion of the screen). I was wondering what the correct sequence of keypresses is to uninstall them so that I can send it back for replacement. Thanks

06-29-2011, 04:41 AM	#1820
daburch Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle 3	Hi, i used the fine work you've shown in this thread, with great success. Now, however, I've decided to sell my K3 in favor of the rooted nook I was given for my birthday. I ran the appropriate uninstall for the screensaver, then the jailbreak hacks, but while it has returned to normal operation, the added folders and files are still present. I don't want to sell this to someone with the tracks of the hacks present. How can I return the device to original?

06-30-2011, 12:17 AM	#1821
Nodnarb518 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle	I installed the font hack, I read earlier that it pretty much replaces the default with these new ones in various parts of the browser and menus. However what i'm more interested in is fonts used in the actual book reading portion, right now it gives me a regular, condensed or sans serif. Is there any way to get more? Also whats the difference between the ones that come with the hack and other ones like Fontin, they all seem to have the same type of fonts in them.

06-30-2011, 04:35 PM	#1822
Vette Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle 3 graphite	FWIW, I jail broke and changed screen savers on a brand new kindle graphite. within a week the display died. same with the replacement.. don't know if it was the screensavers, which were photographs, or the jailbreak software but the graphites died rather quickly. be forwarned

07-01-2011, 07:25 AM	#1823
tekkasit Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 200056 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Scribe, K3, Voyage, Oasis 3	NiLuJe, I'm interesting to modify your Kindle 3 font hack configuration to allow me to use difference font-face for difference character set. Such as I want to add Thai fonts for display Thai character code (0xE01-0xE7F) without effect existing standard Menu, or Dialog. Could you please guide me how I do that?

07-02-2011, 11:09 AM	#1825
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Serevinus: Uninstall hacks, then the jailbreak, then remove the remaining custom directories on the root of your kindle. @daburch: Completely normal, you can safely delete them. @Nodnarb518: The default font used in the reader is the Serif_* family, check that you're using the 'regular' font in the [Aa] menu. @tekkasit: Unless the script you want to display isn't LTR, using a font that support the unicode range you need as the CJK family should be enough (on a Kindle 3).

07-04-2011, 11:43 PM	#1826
Nodnarb518 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kindle	How do i restore it to the default font that came with the hack.

07-06-2011, 11:48 AM	#1828
f-j-p Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I also would be interested how to (a) reinstall the fonts which came with the hack (b) reinstall the original Kindle 3 fonts (without deinstalling the font hack) Thanks and regards!

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07-08-2011, 11:26 AM	#1829
jwmjwm Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle2	Scoured the web looking for a hack to let me undo my SS 0.4 hack and no luck. Stuck at 2.5.6 (501108064) + SS 0.4 Any ideas on where to go from here? Anyway to reinstall an older bin or are 2.5.8 updates availalble in another hack? Basically I just want page numbers.

07-08-2011, 05:43 PM	#1830
wrkerr Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	If anyone is also in need of more complete Greek character support, I wanted to report that I did get the Gentium Plus typeface working on my Kindle 3. I just downloaded the .ttf files from the SIL website, and then renamed them to conform to the Kindle naming scheme, and then put in them in my linkfonts folder (replacing the serif fonts already there), like NiLuJe described. I'm using the "light" hinting option, and the text is comfortably readable. I don't feel like it's as clear as Droid Serif was, but it has a much wider character support, so it's an acceptable compromise. If I'm reading at length from a book that doesn't need support for the additional characters, I'll probably switch the font over to my sans serif typeface, Droid Sans, which looks great. Thanks for the great hack and clear instructions NiLuJe, and all others that have contributed. If anyone has any suggestions that could tweak this setup to make it better, that would be appreciated, but for now, this works for me! Thanks!