Hebrew fonts on digital readers

[Steve G.]

I am using the Kindle 2, but it looks like this is doable.

Could you be more specific on doing it? I prefer to just install the font
(which one do I use for Hebrew?) and not a web server. Do I have to use the
python update script, or is it possible to copy a few file to my Kindle?

It is not that easy for me to get a new one where I am, so I'd rather not
brick the device...

Z.

On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Matan Ziv-Av <matan at svgalib.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011, Steve G. wrote:
>
>  I tried converting a text document containing Hebrew and Spanish to the
>> Kindle format. The Spanish was readable, but the Hebrew was junk. Although I
>> can read html in Hebrew on the Kindle, it does not let me read html
>> documents that are stored locally. I contacted Amazon, and was informed that
>> Hebrew is not currently supported on the Kindle, though they may be working
>> on it. I can convert the document to pdf, which I CAN read on the Kindle,
>> but then I can't use a dictionary for the Spanish, which is my goal in
>> transferring the document. My question is: is there another digital reader
>> (sony, barnes and noble, borders, whoever), which can handle Hebrew charset?
>> I am NOT talking about iPad or a similar devices, as they are much too
>> expensive, and of course any netbook and up can read the documents in
>> multiple formats.
>>
>
> You can change the fonts on the kindle[1], so if that is the only problem
> with the hebrew, you can use the kindle reader.
>
> The browser indeed refuses browsing file://, so you can install a local
> httpd[2] to browse local files.
>
> You can install fbreader[3] which has some form of hebrew support, and is
> in general a better reader software than the kindle reader.
>
> [1] http://www.mobileread.com/**forums/showthread.php?t=88004<http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004>
> [2] http://www.mobileread.com/**forums/showthread.php?t=126128<http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126128>
> [3] http://www.mobileread.com/**forums/showthread.php?t=10737<http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10737>
>
>
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> Matan Ziv-Av.                         matan at svgalib.org
>
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