displaying foreign accented text

sovre · 07-22-2011, 06:21 PM

I have a text which is in English but has accents on Pali names. All the characters with the foreign accents show up as question marks on my Sony 950.

I'm trying to find out what I need to do to get these foreign characters to display properly.

I am using PRS+ firmware.

Thanks for your help.

Mark Nord · 07-24-2011, 03:29 PM

sovre

Your texts are in which format? epub/lrf/txt/rtf?

The answert to your question is related to this vital information!

sovre · 07-25-2011, 01:54 AM

The texts are in epub format.

Mark Nord · 07-25-2011, 02:12 PM

The epub-renderer in our Sony's use it's own font, if no font is embedded into the epub.
This standard-font dosn't cover most of the special characters.

Try Settings / PRS+ settings / Book Viewer Settings / Use EPUB Style (CSS File) and select FontsAsInLRF.css
to use PRS+ enhanced fonts also with epubs.
Please note that you will have to open another epub and then go back to your original, as epub-user-styles are only applied when a book is opened.

If also the enhanced fonts supplied with PRS+ will not cover the needed glyphs, you will have to locate the font-file (*.ttf) on your computer.
Copy this file to a folder /font/ in the root of IM (Internal Memory)
and create your own custom *.css file.
This file had to be placed in /database/system/PRSPlus/epub
see this thread Override ePub CSS with userStyle.css? for the needed format, especialy post #11 by kartu

The path to a font-file in a folder /font/ in the root of IM will read as:
src:url(res:///Data/font/YOURFONTHERE.ttf);
HTH
Mark

melkorbauglir · 07-28-2011, 05:35 AM

Actually-try to use font named:GentiumPlus.It shows almost anything possible.Maybe some others with similar capability,but better looking in e-ink screen.Anybody knew some?

07-25-2011, 02:12 PM	#4
Mark Nord 2B \|\| !2B Posts: 854 Karma: 327896 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austria Device: Sony PRS505/650/T1/tolino vision 5	The epub-renderer in our Sony's use it's own font, if no font is embedded into the epub. This standard-font dosn't cover most of the special characters. Try Settings / PRS+ settings / Book Viewer Settings / Use EPUB Style (CSS File) and select FontsAsInLRF.css to use PRS+ enhanced fonts also with epubs. Please note that you will have to open another epub and then go back to your original, as epub-user-styles are only applied when a book is opened. If also the enhanced fonts supplied with PRS+ will not cover the needed glyphs, you will have to locate the font-file (.ttf) on your computer. Copy this file to a folder /font/ in the root of IM (Internal Memory) and create your own custom .css file. This file had to be placed in /database/system/PRSPlus/epub see this thread Override ePub CSS with userStyle.css? for the needed format, especialy post #11 by kartu The path to a font-file in a folder /font/ in the root of IM will read as: src:url(res:///Data/font/YOURFONTHERE.ttf); HTH Mark Last edited by Mark Nord; 07-27-2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason: corrected data to Data; /font/

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07-22-2011, 06:21 PM	#1
sovre Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: United States Device: iPad Mini; iPhone; Kindle Paperwhite (10th gen)	displaying foreign accented text I have a text which is in English but has accents on Pali names. All the characters with the foreign accents show up as question marks on my Sony 950. I'm trying to find out what I need to do to get these foreign characters to display properly. I am using PRS+ firmware. Thanks for your help. Last edited by sovre; 07-25-2011 at 01:55 AM.

07-24-2011, 03:29 PM	#2
Mark Nord 2B \|\| !2B Posts: 854 Karma: 327896 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austria Device: Sony PRS505/650/T1/tolino vision 5	sovre Your texts are in which format? epub/lrf/txt/rtf? The answert to your question is related to this vital information!

07-25-2011, 01:54 AM	#3
sovre Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: United States Device: iPad Mini; iPhone; Kindle Paperwhite (10th gen)	The texts are in epub format.

07-28-2011, 05:35 AM	#5
melkorbauglir Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lahti,Finland Device: Sony PRS-650,LG G7 ThinQ,Samsung S5 Active,Pocketbook InkPad 3	Actually-try to use font named:GentiumPlus.It shows almost anything possible.Maybe some others with similar capability,but better looking in e-ink screen.Anybody knew some?

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