Edit jars on 5.6.1.0.5 (margins, font sizes) -- and non-jb fonthack

[ecostin]

I was editing, monkey style (i.e. without putting any effort into understanding), the jars in version 5.6.1.0.5 for a Kindle Voyage, to get the margins, font sizes, etc. right.

The margins editing is ok, small changes, but it seems to work fine, same with the progress bar size (ReaderSDK-impl-en_GB.jar). Instead of fixed values, now the numbers are used to multiply the pixVal value, which for KV is 0.4245.

Apparently the mobi and PDF readers still have the same resource names, so it should work as well.

The problem is with the kf8 resources (HTMLReader-impl-en_GB.jar) which are now changed and the htmlreader.font.size.list* constants are missing from the resources. Maybe the new sw version uses the same parameters for kf8 as for mobi, I've got no clue.

Before I start spending lots of time to actually be able to understand what has to be edited, I though I might get lucky and some good soul on this list has already identified the resources to edit to get the font sizes right ... anybody?

[NiLuJe]

Nope, mostly noticed the same kind of stuff (except way more by chance than any real skill ^^) when I looked at it on a PW2. That, and I can already barely even *read* Java, so, Java asm, ahahahahahahahahah. Errm.

Ping @kaznelson? .

[ecostin]

Amazing! Amazon plays fair, see below:

public float[] Sy() {
    J b;
    float[] a = b.YTD("/mnt/us/FONT_RAMP");
    if (a != null && a.length > 0) {
        return a;
    }
    return (float[])ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.amazon.ebook.booklet.reader.resources.ReaderResources").getObject("font.size.mapping");
}

public float[] zy() {
    J b;
    float[] a = b.YTD("/mnt/us/CJK_FONT_RAMP");
    if (a != null && a.length > 0) {
        return a;
    }
    return (float[])ResourceBundle.getBundle("com.amazon.ebook.booklet.reader.resources.ReaderResources").getObject("font.size.mapping.cjk");
}

This means that font sizes can be set without jb and without any patches, by creating said files (FONT_RAMP, CJK_FONT_RAMP) in the root of the USB partition. The content must be, for each file, exactly 8 float values, which correspond to the 8 different font sizes:
[root@kindle log]# cat /mnt/us/FONT_RAMP
7.49 8.43 9.37 10.31 11.25 12.19 13.13 14.07

It works perfectly, although the size of the characters in the font menu (where one taps to select the size) do not change, they stay the same.

A framework or device restart is required after creating the files.

I did not check yet if this works for non-kf8 books.

[eschwartz]

+1 karma for the great discovery!

Does this appear on any other firmware revisions?

[ecostin]

Apparently it does not work on 5.4.3.2. I have also checked mobi books, it does not work, but one can patch Mobi-drawing-en_GB.jar to control font sizes for mobi.

[gruvad]

ecostin, Is it possible in this way to adjust the margins?

[ecostin]

Originally Posted by gruvad

ecostin, Is it possible in this way to adjust the margins?

Apparently not ... you need jb and you need to edit the Java classes. This is documented somewhere in this forum.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by ecostin

Apparently it does not work on 5.4.3.2. I have also checked mobi books, it does not work, but one can patch Mobi-drawing-en_GB.jar to control font sizes for mobi.

Ok...so what does this mean? Can this be done without Jailbreak? Is it REALLY as simple as creating those two files and dropping them in the root of the Kindle drive when connected via USB? This would be an amazing thing, since one of my only formatting issues is with font size. I would LOVE to be able to have better choices there!

Shari

[knc1]

Originally Posted by shalym

Ok...so what does this mean?
Can this be done without Jailbreak?

Is it REALLY as simple as creating those two files and dropping them in the root of the Kindle drive when connected via USB?

This would be an amazing thing, since one of my only formatting issues is with font size.

I would LOVE to be able to have better choices there!

Shari

Some firmware versions, for some devices, recognize a USE_ALT_FONTS flag filename in USB storage.
But Amazon has discontinued that in more recent firmwares.

[NiLuJe]

Originally Posted by ecostin

...
    float[] a = b.YTD("/mnt/us/FONT_RAMP");
...

...

[root@kindle log]# cat /mnt/us/FONT_RAMP
7.49 8.43 9.37 10.31 11.25 12.19 13.13 14.07

So, nope, USB root it is, vanilla's okay, provided it's >= 5.6.1

[shalym]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

So, nope, USB root it is, vanilla's okay, provided it's >= 5.6.1

All right. I'm going to try this, but I need some hand holding. So I create 2 text files named FONT_RAMP and CJK_FONT_RAMP and in each of them I put in the values of 7.49 8.43 9.37 10.31 11.25 12.19 13.13 14.07 and save the file. I then copy the files into the root of my Kindle drive when it is connected via USB. Is this correct?

Shari

[knc1]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

So, nope, USB root it is, vanilla's okay, provided it's >= 5.6.1

I read the post that I replied to as referring to the jar files.
("those two files" was a bit vague. )

[tono1020]

Originally Posted by shalym

All right. I'm going to try this, but I need some hand holding. So I create 2 text files named FONT_RAMP and CJK_FONT_RAMP and in each of them I put in the values of 7.49 8.43 9.37 10.31 11.25 12.19 13.13 14.07 and save the file. I then copy the files into the root of my Kindle drive when it is connected via USB. Is this correct?

Shari

Yes, that's correct, I tried it myself. You don't need CJK_FONT_RAMP, if you won't use chinese letters.

Edit: BTW, you have to restart to take affect.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by tono1020

Yes, that's correct, I tried it myself. You don't need CJK_FONT_RAMP, if you won't use chinese letters.

Edit: BTW, you have to restart to take affect.

THANK YOU!!! Now I won't have to choose between squint or huge for font sizes!!

Shari

[hfpop]

Originally Posted by ecostin

Apparently it does not work on 5.4.3.2. I have also checked mobi books, it does not work, but one can patch Mobi-drawing-en_GB.jar to control font sizes for mobi.

Has anyone tried to see whether the /mnt/us/FONT_RAMP file works on KPW1 5.4.4.2?
Thank you.