09-23-2017, 05:41 AM | #646 |
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In that case, just downloading a sample to a device/app that doesn't use kfx will tell you, right?
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09-23-2017, 01:51 PM | #647 | |
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09-23-2017, 03:49 PM | #648 | |
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09-24-2017, 04:36 AM | #649 |
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I think a lot more work will be needed to integrate it into the tools than just porting to python.
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09-24-2017, 07:27 AM | #650 | |
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What is lacking at the moment is software to convert the unencrypted file to epub or other more useful formats or to read it other than on an Amazon device or Amazon software which supports it. This is not an easy task, but not really a job for the Apprentices. It has been suggested that it be developed by a separate project, perhaps Calibre. I don't know that Kovid is going to have the time or the inclination to do this, particularly not while kf8's are still available and will produce a superior result. Nevertheless, given the nature of the open source movement I don't think we will be waiting long. |
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09-24-2017, 07:51 AM | #651 |
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Until a significant portion of books from amazon come only in KFX format, I am not interested in writing conversion code for it. KFX is, and always will be, an inferior input format for conversion to KF8, because KFX is typically specialised for a particular device. This means that converting it will yield a book that is also specialised for the same class fo device.
If/when large numbers of DRM free/liberated KFX only books start to exist, it should be the work of a week or two to write a KFX input plugin for calibre. |
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Thanks Kovid. A very rational position and exactly what I expected.
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09-26-2017, 07:25 PM | #653 |
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For Big Five publishers, I assume? Because Farsi is not a supported language on the KDP platform. Eastern Frisian yes, Farsi no.
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Out of curiosity I searched for kindle books in Arabic, but couldn’t find any at Amazon.com. Since that is now implemented as part of Kindle Previewer I expect it will be coming soon, but likely KFX only.
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However, the Arabic glyphs in that font are very hard to read and some diacritics aren't properly displayed. (You can see this if you convert this epub3 book with diacritics to azw3. It should look like this.) In order to fully support Arabic, Amazon will have to bundle an Arabic font that is better suitable for eInk displays, e.g. Noto Naskh Arabic. (They already added Indic Noto fonts some time ago in one of the firmware updates.) BTW, if you want to run some KFX tests, I uploaded epub and azw3 versions of an Arabic PD book to MR. |
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The actual font files do not appear to be included at this point. Last edited by jhowell; 09-28-2017 at 08:23 AM. |
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BTW, both Diwan and Sakkal are well-known font foundries; they licensed some of their fonts to Microsoft and Apple. |
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Sakkal Kitab Diwan Muna Noto Naskh Arabic Noto Naskh Arabic UI All have regular and bold variants. Last edited by jhowell; 10-04-2017 at 12:53 PM. Reason: missed one |
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The Kindle Previewer Q&A now states:
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And as a side-side note, I am close to releasing a KFX Input calibre plugin that will convert from KFX to other e-book formats. Last edited by jhowell; 10-10-2017 at 10:15 PM. |
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