Pdf to mobi Greek

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

It is possible to replace the font used by the MobiPocket Reader, see Mobipocket default font?. I don't know if using (say) the Liberation Font would add Greek to MOBI or not. You should definitely reboot after adding the font.

My understanding of that technique is that you basically overwrite the TTF files that the Mobipocket application uses with something different. So the application doesn't really know that the font has been changed. It would have been really nice if iRex had implemented it a bit better and given the option to select a font, rather than users having to "fake out" the application. Oh well, as long as it works.

[Fermthe]

fbreader 0.8.14 with no icons on top. Thanks again for helping

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

My understanding of that technique is that you basically overwrite the TTF files that the Mobipocket application uses with something different. So the application doesn't really know that the font has been changed.

Yes, but it isn't clear to me where in the process "knowledge" of the lack of Greek characters come in. If the characters are in the new TTF files (which I am also not sure is the case) then perhaps they get used. I agree that it is a long shot.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Fermthe

fbreader 0.8.14 with no icons on top.

See Integrated FBReader 0.8.14 with ePub and Registry Support, post #40. With this change you can create a ZIP file containing your .prc file and have it opened by FBReader (instead of MobiPocket Reader). FBReader 0.8.14 uses DejaVu Sans fonts by default, and I'm fairly sure this includes Greek characters. The only remaining issue might be the character encoding, which FBReader does not auto-detect for MOBI files. At least one of the two MOBIs you tried (UTF8 and windows-1252) should work.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Issues like this (fonts, full screen, etc) are why I prefer PDFs on the iLiad. It's setup to handle them better. The only time I transfer a Mobipocket file is if it's DRMed and that's the only option to read it.

The MobiPocket Reader implementation on the iLiad is very weak and lacking in features. It has the poorest implementation of it of any eInk device. You probably are a lot better off with PDFs.

[ericshliao]

Originally Posted by HarryT

...You probably are a lot better off with PDFs.

Is it real the point?

[HarryT]

If someone is trying to make a Mobi book which uses non-Roman characters, it perhaps is useful to make the point that they will struggle to read it on the iLiad. IMHO, therefore, it's a useful point to make.

[ericshliao]

When it comes to yourself, being so generous and kind, huh? Hope you judge other people's words in the same standards.

[Fermthe]

Im not sure i like to read books in pdf i think they are much better in mobi format ?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by ericshliao

When it comes to yourself, being so generous and kind, huh? Hope you judge other people's words in the same standards.

Huh? I beg your pardon?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Fermthe

Im not sure i like to read books in pdf i think they are much better in mobi format ?

Generally speaking, I completely agree with you. When it comes to books with non-Roman characters, though, Mobi has an issue in that it's up to the reader to have a font installed which contains the appropriate characters. With PDF, you can embed the needed font in the document and hence avoid the problem.

For books in languages that use the Roman alphabet then I'm completely in agreement with you - Mobi has many benefits over PDF in terms of being able to easily change the font size, look up words in a dictionary, and so on.

[Fermthe]

I guess im the only one here on this forum that reads greek too ?

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by Fermthe

I guess im the only one here on this forum that reads greek too ?

I read it....poorly.

I learned Classical Greek and then traveled to Greece for a month. Very confusing.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Fermthe

I guess im the only one here on this forum that reads greek too ?

I read classical (Attic and Homeric) Greek, but unfortunately not modern Greek.

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Fermthe

Im not sure i like to read books in pdf i think they are much better in mobi format ?

I understand that, but in this particular case I think you'd be better off with PDF. Since you're starting out with a PDF document and having to reformat it anyway in order to turn it into Mobi, it might be a better idea to reformat the PDF itself so that it works better. Embed the fonts into the PDF and resize it so that the PDF uses the correct screen size of the iLiad. If you do that, then it should be just as good as reading it in Mobi on the iLiad, and a lot easier to do than trying to install additional fonts with the developers kit.