Why can't I read in other languages?

[TallMomof2]

If you use 7zip you don't need to rename the epub to zip. This may work with winzip but I use 7zip.

[ttluisa]

Originally Posted by chalimac

Ok. Thanks for testing it.

If you rename the epub to zip and open it with winrar o winzip you can see how the trick works. There are 2 key files inside the epub:

- style.css
- DroidSansFallback.ttf

If you open style.css with a text editor you can see it points to the font to use (DroidSansFallback.ttf) . This file can be more complex defining things like margins and line height... If you put this 2 files inside any epub and then zip it again you can display chinese text.

Now here I attach another epub with Chinese, Korean and Japanese in it. It uses the same method but the style.css is more complex, with more parameters such as line-spacing, indentation . Please tell me how it works and if it looks good (I don't have a Kobo).

http://ifile.it/he87awg

EDIT: The file content.opf must also declare the location of style.css as in:

<item id="style" href="style.css" media-type="text/css"/>

Check the epub subforum for more info on embedding fonts

I tried some other Chinese epub file with embedded fonts and they just don't work. GOD I was perfectly fine without Chinese support on my kobo until I see this post and tried something don't work for me. Now I'm so frustrated...

This is the link of the Chinese font embedded epub that I tried that didn't work, can someone who has a clue with it please check it out and let me know what's wrong??

[chalimac]

Originally Posted by ttluisa

This is the link of the Chinese font embedded epub that I tried that didn't work, can someone who has a clue with it please check it out and let me know what's wrong??

I would check it for you but the link does not work. I think you must be logged in. Can you upload just the epub? I assume you are trying the 下载ePub格式[内嵌字体] version?

[chalimac]

I tried some other Chinese epub file with embedded fonts and they just don't work. GOD I was perfectly fine without Chinese support on my kobo until I see this post and tried something don't work for me. Now I'm so frustrated...

This is the link of the Chinese font embedded epub that I tried that didn't work, can someone who has a clue with it please check it out and let me know what's wrong??

Ok. I think this is the book you want. Check if this works:

http://ifile.it/alz36e2

The problem might be the filename/metadata in chinese characters. This has the metadata in latin characters:

http://ifile.it/6yqc4na

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by chalimac

Ok. I think this is the book you want. Check if this works:

http://ifile.it/alz36e2

The problem might be the filename/metadata in chinese characters. This has the metadata in latin characters:

http://ifile.it/6yqc4na

metadata and TOC are typically problems in that ADE normally does not use embedded fonts for those items.

Dale.

[ttluisa]

Originally Posted by chalimac

Ok. I think this is the book you want. Check if this works:

http://ifile.it/alz36e2

The problem might be the filename/metadata in chinese characters. This has the metadata in latin characters:

http://ifile.it/6yqc4na

They both worked! The first one's title doesn't display properly in the book list but the second one with metadata in latin characters displays fine. Could you please show me how did you do it? Thanks!!

[chalimac]

They both worked! The first one's title doesn't display properly in the book list but the second one with metadata in latin characters displays fine. Could you please show me how did you do it? Thanks!!

Ok. Some steps:

1.Try simply renaming the epub you download from the site (embedded fonts version) to latin characters and see if this works.

2. If 1 does not work there is something wrong with the css or font the site uses. Do the following:


- Download the epub with no fonts embedded version.
- Rename the .epub to .zip.
- Open it in winzip or winrar.
- Open the file stylesheet.css in notepad and replace its content with:

@font-face{font-family:"Droid Sans Fallback";font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;src:url(DroidSansFallback.ttf)}
body{margin-left:5%;margin-right:5%;margin-top:5%;margin-bottom:5%;font-family:"Droid Sans Fallback"}
p{text-indent:0.25in;margin-left:0;line-height:150%;margin-right:0;text-align:justify;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:"Droid Sans Fallback";font-size:100%}
.t1{font-size:1em}

- Get the file DroidSansFallback.ttf (It is inside the epubs I uploded) and add it to the zip archive of the epub you are fixing.

- If you want the metadata in latin characters open the file content.opf and change the title and creator tags(in bold below) to something legible as in:

<dc:title>BengKui</dc:title>
<dc:creator>Li Ximin</dc:creator>

- Rename again the .zip to .epub

It sounds complicated but there are only two key files in the epub the stylesheet.css pointing to a font and the font itself. Visit the epub forum for more info on embedding fonts.

[ttluisa]

Thank you very much. I figured it out somehow by comparing the deferences in the files you edited for me and the original one. I edited some by myself and they worked out fine. Thank you again. I'm so happy with my kobo right now!

[Thrasher]

Does the new firmware help with support of international fonts at all?

[fred_yu_job]

With KoboBulkFixer (Option - Install Liberation font), we can have your kobo support other languages.
what we need to do is:
1) Replace the 4 ttf files in the KoboBulkFixer with fft file support your language, but have to keep the file name unchanged, that's:
LiberationSerif-Bold.ttf, LiberationSerif-BoldItalic.ttf, LiberationSerif-Italic.ttf and LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf.
2) Run KoboBulkFixer with option "Install Liberation font" checked.

note: if it doesn't show your language after the fixing, you need to check the epub file (unzip it), make sure the 4 .ttf files are in the same folder as the .css file.

Attached is the Chinese version of the KoboBulkFixer. two Chinese font file can be selected: SofiaSans.ttf and DroidSansFallback.ttf.
your can replace those 4 fft files with any of these two, currently, DroidSansFallback.ttf is in this <KoboBulkFixer_Chinese.zip>

[cancan]

Hi everyone,

Im trying to read this chinese book i downloaded as a HTML in GB2312.
I first used Calibre to convert this into a epub.
I then followed the instructions here to edit the CSS file of the epub as well as adding in the DroidsSansFallback.tff from the ebook that was in the fileit link into the epub via winrar. However, after loading up the edited epub on my kobo, i still get the ????
i have tried several different fonts that should display GB2312 fine but still get the same result.
I have also tried the KoboBUlkFixer Chinese to the same effect of still getting the ???

i;ve attached the epub i created from the html.
would appreciate any advice that anyone could give.
thanks

[fred_yu_job]

Originally Posted by cancan

Hi everyone,

Im trying to read this chinese book i downloaded as a HTML in GB2312.
i;ve attached the epub i created from the html.
would appreciate any advice that anyone could give.
thanks

Don't know why...But I downloaded a epub version;
changed it by:
replace the file <stylesheet.css>, copied file <DroidSansFallback.ttf> into it. and it works.

here is the original book;
here is fixed one.

[cancan]

Thanks thanks!

I've realised it too when i downloaded the epub version of the book instead of the html files.
Must be the encoding of the html files doesnt fit the fonts that i have tried to use it with.

hmm... although i am still curious as to why i cannot get the fonts when i convert from html.
for the time being before i solve the mystery i will just download the chinese books straight as epubs if i can.

[jayupark]

Anyone manage to get the Asian fonts working on the Kobo yet? I'm still waiting inline for firmware 1.9

[AndrewH7]

Originally Posted by Margok

Hi,everyone ^^ I recently purchased kobo ereader and was pretty satisfied with it(despite the bad pdf,no search and highlighting), but I tried to upload a ebook in other language and it did not read it.
How come?
Is there anything I can do to change that?

I really don't want to return kobo, but it looks like I'd have to(((

Thanks for any advice.

Tested my Kobo Touch, & found that Rich Text Format *.rtf from WordPad not do the Cyrillic & Greek ABCs, but it does Latin ABC 1s such as ij ligature, w", dot-less i & o/' for Dutch, Welsh, Turkish & Swedish.
But 1other = *.htm, by using Outlook Express to write e-mail, then copy & paste Cyrillic & Greek to it, & then save as an *.htm file. (but it does not do the letters Nº 128 to 159. €  ‚ ƒ „ … † ‡ ˆ ‰ Š ‹ Œ  Ž   ‘ ’ “ ” • – — ˜ ™ š › œ  ž Ÿ
To view on Kobo chose Ryumin or Georgia typefaces.