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

[bartveld]

@zetlorf: Nope, there is no simpler way. I can see your point and agree that it would be a nice option, but it's not feasible.

[murali]

Is there a way to enable Unicode 5.1 or later support in kindle? I have fonts that support Indic Scripts (tamil) that look good on a PC, but appear weird on a kindle (that is the characters are positioned incorrectly - the glyph itself looks great)..

regards,
Murali

[cristolin]

I just bought a Kindle 3 and to read Chinese documents, I followed what I read in a web post to change the locale using the debug command; the Chinese is readable but the font is not dark enough.
I then googled and found this thread, followed the jailbreak and font updates instructions in the post; I don't know how it happened but the Chinese fonts now read darker and seem to be in a different font, which I like. However, I sort of don't like the new English fonts for what I see on the home page and in the menus, how do I change it back to the original Kindle fonts?

[bartveld]

@cristolin: I assume you have made a backup of the original fontfiles. Here is a repost of NiLuJe's post about which font does what:

Sans_Regular.ttf: Used in the Settings & Experimental page for the explanation texts. Also for the dictionnary/note popups.
Sans_Bold.ttf: Used in the menus, in the top & bottom panel, and as the collection title when browsing a collection, and the inline text in the book & collection browsers (ie. the 'delete this item' stuff & co)
Sans_Italic.ttf: May be used alongside Sans_Regular or Sans_Bold somewhere ^^
Sans_BoldItalic.ttf: Used in the book list, for the collection names

Serif_*.ttf: Used in the reader, that's the font your books will be rendered with.
Serif_Bold.ttf: Used in the book & collection browser for the book title & author. (NOTE: For these purposes, Serif_Regular is used instead on FW 3.x)

Mono_*.ttf: AFAICT, nowhere except in the browser, but I may be mistaken.

So, get the relevant fonts from your backup and put them back in the font folder.

[cristolin]

@bartveld: thanks for the reply; however, I didn't back up the original fonts; so how to get those fonts? do I need to reset k3 to factory default, or if I can download them somewhere on the web?

[bartveld]

@cristolin: A hard reset should do it. I'm not sure whether you have to jailbreak all over again, but you'll find out soon enough.

[cristolin]

@bartveld: not knowing if a reset can fix it, and not to mention that I hate to start everything all over again, is there any place I can download the original fonts?

[bartveld]

If I'm not mistaken, I've only changed the Serif_*.ttf on my device, so the rest is unchanged. If you send me a private message I can zip them up for you and mail them.

[prouss]

Just wanted to say thanks for the hacks. Much happier seeing my custom screensavers than the Amazon stock.

[meem]

Originally Posted by kranu

V0.02.N was the latest version released for Kindle. It works fine on my K3G

Where is SSTimeOut ?
Why it removed from first page ?

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by meem

Where is SSTimeOut ?
Why it removed from first page ?

He removed it a while ago to make some changes. People are still using the previous version which you can find if you search back a few pages.

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@kranu: Nope, I pulled it until I finish the next version (too much risk of soft-bricking on FW 3.x if the user-specified config file is broken).

[yorsei]

Is there any font hack that's good for reading both Chinese (traditional) and German?

[ichbindasauge]

@yorsei
你好！Use this hack and then replace the fonts with Arial Unicode from your Windows Computer. Not the prettiest font, but works great.

Schöne Grüße!

[aviper]

Originally Posted by aviper

Hi, I'm new to the board. I've search around, but didn't find my problem resolved.
I need to install cyrilic support to Kindle DX Wireless one the order there is some information about the Kindle:
Kindele DX Wireless Reading Device, FEE 3G, 9.7&# ...
Serial: B002******
I didn't find any info about B002 and DX. Everywhere they say that DX is B003-B009 (minus B007 ).
Any idea, how to find the hack for this particular Kindle?
Thank in advance.

Problem resolved. Next time I should look in Settings Menu, not in the invoice that comes with the device or on its back (there was a production number which starts with D008...).
Thank for the good work ot font hack guys.

[yorsei]

Thank you ichbindasauge! It works Danke schön!