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12-29-2012, 03:14 PM | #977 | |
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Maybe try one of those. I would be happy to test any, but it is impossible to find a mobi or azw3 that is in arabic and text only. Can't even find a quran - if you got one in english and arabic alternated that is text only, I'd be happy to get that (if it is free of course). |
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12-29-2012, 06:26 PM | #978 | |
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12-29-2012, 08:39 PM | #979 | |
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Very intersting things: - Arial (the only one that says is designed for arabic, shows the exact same font that the embedded one does) - Times New Roman - has no arabic as expected - defaults to standard arabic - this is the windows font though, not the one out of macos - arabic typesetting shows very beautifully - but renders slow - not sure though if it is easier to read or not it is too bad that that font only comes in reguar - no italic or bold - both tahoma and tektron pro show different style (that looks similar to the english) even though they are not supposed to support arabic I really can't see what your problem is, all appears to be fine on my PW. Last edited by DuckieTigger; 01-21-2013 at 07:55 PM. |
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12-29-2012, 08:53 PM | #980 |
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Oh, orpheus2011, forgot to ask the dumbest question of them all - what firmware are you using? I am on 5.3.1 - that MIGHT make a difference if you still use 5.2.0 or 5.3.0.
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12-30-2012, 02:19 PM | #981 | |
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12-31-2012, 11:00 AM | #982 |
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[KPW] Change reader margins
Happy new year!
Here's a gift for all those Paperwhite owners who have been waiting for it: the patch to change the reader margins. This is a standalone patch again. Simply download the attached file and copy it to the opt/jbpatch directory on the Paperwhite, then restart the Kindle framework - the fastest way is to use the "System" tab of the JBPatch UI. Note that there are quite a few settings that you can tweak, and it's up to you to find the configuration that you like. Just remember that you have to restart the framework before you see the effect of changed settings, and also remember to read and understand the documentation before complaining that it doesn't work - it does work if you do it correctly. Finally, you can use the files from this post to verify the effect of tweaked settings for PDF documents - you can ignore much of the instructions there (they refer to an outdated version of JBPatch). Simply look at the files with the default settings, and with smaller margins, and you should see a clear difference. ixtab EDIT: Attachment removed. This patch is bundled with JBPatch 3.1.0. Last edited by ixtab; 01-06-2013 at 05:28 PM. |
12-31-2012, 12:26 PM | #983 |
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Question concerning hyphenation patch
So, this is really just a minor question concerning the default settings of the hyphenation patch.
Should the default (minimal) "first syllable length" and "last syllable length" settings be left at 3 characters, or reduced to 2 characters? For most of the languages that I know, allowing two-character first syllables seems to make sense ("un-", "in-", "im-" prefixes), not sure about suffixes though (I tend to think that allowing for 2 characters also makes more sense for suffixes in most languages, but as said I'm not sure). Keep in mind that these default settings are language-agnostic - so, what works in most (but possibly not all) languages should be the default. And of course, the setting can be changed according to individual preference anytime - I'm just asking what would be sensible defaults. Thanks for your input! |
12-31-2012, 12:27 PM | #984 | |
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So it is possible that it was merely user-error, or that in some cases the framework restart does not work for every one. The PW forgets to apply the margin when you open a book up. Even if it was closed with the changed margins. Every time I open a book, I have to open the aA menu, change the margin to a different setting, and back to where I want it for it to show correctly. Is that by design like that? I like the smaller margins (my magic number is 15). |
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12-31-2012, 12:41 PM | #985 | |
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Question about the inside of the hyphenation: does it simply cut the word and add a "-" or does it change the word when needed? Can't think of an example right now, but in German sometimes "...CK..." changes into "...K - K ..." if you hyphenate (unless the changed the grammar in the last decade). |
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12-31-2012, 12:49 PM | #986 |
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I changed the margin for fewest line to 180, restart framwork, the book looked the same, I switched to normal, few, and to fewest, still look the same. Any idea what I did wrong?
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12-31-2012, 12:55 PM | #988 |
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I also vote to leave the default at 3 for both.
Although English has a lot of two-letter prefixes, it's considered bad form to hyphenate a word leaving fewer than three letters (either the first or last in a word) on a line (according to the Oxford Guide to Style at any rate). IIRC a similar three-letter style rule also applies in Dutch and French. Thank you so much again, ixtab! And happy new year! |
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The problem is that by now, it's almost impossible to understand what is happening on that device, and how individual "features" interact with others. They really did a great (attention, sarcasm!) job with the obfuscation. Quote:
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