PRS-600 Any news about hacking the new sony readers (600/300)??

pikoman · 10-02-2009, 05:36 AM

Hi,
I'm thinking of buying a PRS600 but the only thing that stops me is the reader doesn't support unicode. So, does anyone know about the unicode hacking??

Many thanks.

igorsk · 10-02-2009, 07:01 AM

All Sony Readers support Unicode. However, the built-in fonts have only glyphs for Western texts. You can quite easily use EPUB files with embedded fonts or references to external fonts.

pikoman · 10-02-2009, 09:40 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. So, I can reference to external fonts using the same method for PRS505 (thread: Unicode Font support without flashing)?

igorsk · 10-02-2009, 11:07 AM

No, that approach still needs autorun support. However, you can use this technique.

pikoman · 10-02-2009, 05:11 PM

I didn't know this method ... I'll try it. Thanks!!

pikoman · 10-07-2009, 09:18 AM

Hi,
One more question: is this method 'reference to external fonts' can shows the book title in unicode (especially in chinese)?? Or just only shows the text inside the document??

Many thanks.

10-02-2009, 05:36 AM	#1
pikoman Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs505, prs700, iriver story	Any news about hacking the new sony readers (600/300)?? Hi, I'm thinking of buying a PRS600 but the only thing that stops me is the reader doesn't support unicode. So, does anyone know about the unicode hacking?? Many thanks.

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10-02-2009, 07:01 AM	#2
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	All Sony Readers support Unicode. However, the built-in fonts have only glyphs for Western texts. You can quite easily use EPUB files with embedded fonts or references to external fonts.

10-02-2009, 09:40 AM	#3
pikoman Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs505, prs700, iriver story	Thanks for the quick reply. So, I can reference to external fonts using the same method for PRS505 (thread: Unicode Font support without flashing)?

10-02-2009, 11:07 AM	#4
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	No, that approach still needs autorun support. However, you can use this technique.

10-02-2009, 05:11 PM	#5
pikoman Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs505, prs700, iriver story	I didn't know this method ... I'll try it. Thanks!!

10-07-2009, 09:18 AM	#6
pikoman Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs505, prs700, iriver story	Hi, One more question: is this method 'reference to external fonts' can shows the book title in unicode (especially in chinese)?? Or just only shows the text inside the document?? Many thanks.

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