01-07-2018, 06:29 PM | #1 |
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Are there any readers that don't support Greek?
I'll be reading novels in Greek. Are there readers that don't support (at all or well) Greek text? I expect the answer to be "no" but I want to make sure. I'm leaning toward Tolino Shine 2 HD or Kobo Aura 2nd Edition.
If there's anyone who would like to do a test for me, or out of curiosity, I've attached a sample eBook I prepared for this. It has all the greek letters, plus some sample greek text from the Gutenberg project. I place this sample under the Public Domain, for anyone to use. |
01-07-2018, 08:18 PM | #2 | |
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01-07-2018, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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To follow up DNSB's comment, reading ePubs on a Kobo with font that is missing glyphs from the font is quite annoying; there is no indication that a character is not displayed.
If you convert the ePub to a kePub the Access engine will use an alternate font to display the missing character. |
02-09-2018, 09:19 AM | #4 |
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Hello again. I was away for a month. I've got a one more question.
So if one Greek book displays properly on the reader, all the rest will too, right? If yes, then I only need to take a sample eBook (containing just the Greek alphabet) to the store (selling the reader) and ask them to test it. I've done a quick search on the web and I can see that I can easily add a custom font on Kobo (don't know about Tolino yet) and can choose to use that on all my books. Serves as a back up solution and it sounds quicker than editing all my ebooks. |
02-09-2018, 07:42 PM | #5 | |
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It's almost as easy to add a custom font to a Tolino (I have the Epos) as to a Kobo ereader. The only issue I find is that Kobo will use the font used in the last book as the default font for a new book while Tolino goes back to their "publisher default". A minor annoyance. |
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02-16-2018, 04:37 PM | #6 |
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Excellent! Thanks everyone!
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