Unicode support in K3 - Page 2

Blog Kindle · 08-28-2010, 05:53 PM

Please post links to files and characters that you want tested and I'll post back screenshots.

ppw · 08-28-2010, 07:45 PM

http://www.justmathsets.com/files/

There is one epub and one mobi file. See if you have any luck. Thanks.

w126 · 08-29-2010, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Blog Kindle

Please post links to files and characters that you want tested and I'll post back screenshots.

Could you please test this file http://bookini.pl/filestat.php?file=...157.prc&id=184 ? I am very much interested in how the title of the book is displayed by Kindle 3 in the list of books and when the book is opened. The text of the book should be OK, like it is with Kindle 2. It is only the titles where Kindle 2 has problems with displaying some native characters.

Blog Kindle · 08-29-2010, 01:42 PM

As you can see there are some Chinese glyphs that didn't display. Other than that unicode seems to be OK.

Kumabjorn · 08-29-2010, 02:20 PM

That to me implies that they are user generated characters. Ideographs that are so rare that they aren't included in the character set defined by Unicode.
Someone who reads Chinese is better equipped to make an educated guess as to what character might fit the empty square, and if that would be covered by a user defined Hanzhi.

ppw · 08-29-2010, 02:53 PM

Thanks for testing.

w126 · 08-29-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Blog Kindle

Other than that unicode seems to be OK.

Thanks a lot for the the test. It's nice to see the part I was interested in fixed in Kindle 3.

rdhoore108 · 09-02-2010, 04:14 PM

I would really like to convert files with transliterated Sanskrit to Kindle, and so far it wasn't possible, but now I see a bright future, at least for Kindle 3.

Amazon should also fix it for Kindle 2, at least the one they call "International"... It can't be that hard.

UPDATE:

I just found out it actually works already both on Kindle 2 and 3!!!

The problem was simply that Calibre apparently is not converting my RTF file to MOBI properly. When I use Mobibook Creator instead, and throw in a file I made in wordpad, the Kindle shows ā, ṛ, ś, ṇ etc. properly.

Kindle 2 even supports more Latin unicode characters than Windows XP's fonts. But unfortunately no Devanagari अणऊ, neither on Kindle 2 nor 3.

09-02-2010, 04:14 PM	#23
rdhoore108 Ronny D'Hoore Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belgium Device: Kindle 2, Kindle 3 wifi	I would really like to convert files with transliterated Sanskrit to Kindle, and so far it wasn't possible, but now I see a bright future, at least for Kindle 3. Amazon should also fix it for Kindle 2, at least the one they call "International"... It can't be that hard. UPDATE: I just found out it actually works already both on Kindle 2 and 3!!! The problem was simply that Calibre apparently is not converting my RTF file to MOBI properly. When I use Mobibook Creator instead, and throw in a file I made in wordpad, the Kindle shows ā, ṛ, ś, ṇ etc. properly. Kindle 2 even supports more Latin unicode characters than Windows XP's fonts. But unfortunately no Devanagari अणऊ, neither on Kindle 2 nor 3. Last edited by rdhoore108; 09-03-2010 at 02:30 AM.

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08-28-2010, 05:53 PM	#16
Blog Kindle Addict Posts: 224 Karma: 25122 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 1/2/3/4/Touch/DX/Fire\|PRS-600/350\|Nook(color)\|iPad\|iPad2\|EVO 4G	Please post links to files and characters that you want tested and I'll post back screenshots.

08-28-2010, 07:45 PM	#17
ppw Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 499180 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle DXG, iPad 3	http://www.justmathsets.com/files/ There is one epub and one mobi file. See if you have any luck. Thanks.

08-29-2010, 01:42 PM	#19
Blog Kindle Addict Posts: 224 Karma: 25122 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 1/2/3/4/Touch/DX/Fire\|PRS-600/350\|Nook(color)\|iPad\|iPad2\|EVO 4G	As you can see there are some Chinese glyphs that didn't display. Other than that unicode seems to be OK.

08-29-2010, 02:20 PM	#20
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	That to me implies that they are user generated characters. Ideographs that are so rare that they aren't included in the character set defined by Unicode. Someone who reads Chinese is better equipped to make an educated guess as to what character might fit the empty square, and if that would be covered by a user defined Hanzhi.

08-29-2010, 02:53 PM	#21
ppw Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 499180 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle DXG, iPad 3	Thanks for testing.

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