How can I read books in Russian or other languages on DX?

pashlit · 09-12-2010, 07:39 PM

Hello there,
I got DX Graphite international edition. As I assume it is supposed to support other languages than English. In particular I tried to send Russian document for conversion through Amazon service and only got a mess. I tried to convert a book into Russian using Calibre. It didnt help either. So can Kindle recognize Cyrillic fonts?
I would nt like to do hacks, convert books into PDFs with embed fonts or other workarounds. I am curios if Cyrilic fonts are finally supported on latest Kindle and how can I create a book so Kindle could proper recognize it?
Thanks and happy reading.

plantoschka · 09-12-2010, 08:12 PM

Cyrillic fonts are supported since the Kindle 3.

Maybe there is a font hack or something for the DX, i don't know.

saniko800 · 09-15-2010, 05:51 PM

You should convert your cyrillic text to PDF.
Or wait for the new K3-like firmware.

susan_cassidy · 09-15-2010, 07:57 PM

You may have an issue with the encoding between the original document and the Kindle. You may need to figure out the original encoding (there are lots of different ones), then use a tool to convert the input file (html or txt) to UTF-8, then convert that document.

Dealing with different encodings is a royal pain.

pashlit · 09-15-2010, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

You may have an issue with the encoding between the original document and the Kindle. You may need to figure out the original encoding (there are lots of different ones), then use a tool to convert the input file (html or txt) to UTF-8, then convert that document.

Dealing with different encodings is a royal pain.

Well, its a royal pain on Kindle. I tested other (smaller) e-Readers and they support other languages perfectly. I dunno why Amazon state the Kindle is and international unit. International means not only be able to download books being in other country but also be able to read a book in other language.
The easiest way is just to convert to PDF but again PDF support is horrible on Kindle, even on DX latest edition..

MNF · 01-01-2012, 08:57 PM

If you are happy to jailbreak your Kindle, see http://blogkindle.com/unicode-fonts-hack/

reprep · 01-02-2012, 07:45 AM

For installing 3.2.1 (the firmware of 3rd generation kindles) on your kindle DXG and use the Cyrilic fonts natively on your kindle DXG, have a look at this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=127969

For font hacks for 2.5.8 for kindle DXG have a look at here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004

09-12-2010, 07:39 PM	#1
pashlit Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 1310 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hamilton, NJ Device: DXG, PRS-350	How can I read books in Russian or other languages on DX? Hello there, I got DX Graphite international edition. As I assume it is supposed to support other languages than English. In particular I tried to send Russian document for conversion through Amazon service and only got a mess. I tried to convert a book into Russian using Calibre. It didnt help either. So can Kindle recognize Cyrillic fonts? I would nt like to do hacks, convert books into PDFs with embed fonts or other workarounds. I am curios if Cyrilic fonts are finally supported on latest Kindle and how can I create a book so Kindle could proper recognize it? Thanks and happy reading.

01-01-2012, 08:57 PM	#6
MNF Developer Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: KindleDX	Install RUSSIAN FONTS If you are happy to jailbreak your Kindle, see http://blogkindle.com/unicode-fonts-hack/

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09-12-2010, 08:12 PM	#2
plantoschka Connoisseur Posts: 52 Karma: 180 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	Cyrillic fonts are supported since the Kindle 3. Maybe there is a font hack or something for the DX, i don't know.

09-15-2010, 05:51 PM	#3
saniko800 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle DXG	You should convert your cyrillic text to PDF. Or wait for the new K3-like firmware.

09-15-2010, 07:57 PM	#4
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You may have an issue with the encoding between the original document and the Kindle. You may need to figure out the original encoding (there are lots of different ones), then use a tool to convert the input file (html or txt) to UTF-8, then convert that document. Dealing with different encodings is a royal pain.

01-02-2012, 07:45 AM	#7
reprep Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 6720 Join Date: May 2011 Device: amazon kindle DXG	For installing 3.2.1 (the firmware of 3rd generation kindles) on your kindle DXG and use the Cyrilic fonts natively on your kindle DXG, have a look at this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=127969 For font hacks for 2.5.8 for kindle DXG have a look at here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004

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