Chinese epub support for PRS-T1 without flashing?

[youko]

Originally Posted by spring93936

I got it!!!

1. use "MS word" to edit the book files
2. choice "Embed fonts" and save to html
3. use calibre and key in
@font-face {
font-family: "DroidFont", "MsYaHei", serif, sans-serif;
src:url(res:///ebook/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf);
}
4. convert to mobi
5. convert to epub

I can watch Taiwan book and use TOC

Hi spring93936,

Where is the "embed fonts" in MS word?

I use word 2007.

Thanks!

[PaulKenn]

Hi All,

There is a "Haodoo" site with good Chinese ebooks (e.g. 金庸武俠小說 and many more), which are free. Currently, Sony PRS-T1 can read Chinese using nosnoop's method: use "Calibre" to convert the add-in book by adding Extra CSS "@font-face {
font-family: "DroidFont", serif, sans-serif; src:url (res:///ebook/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf);}"
in "Look & Feel" section. Haodoo site also has extra pluggins readily available for download to read pdb format books.

Here, a question for all: how can the ebooks be read longitudinally instead of from left to right? Reading Chinese ebooks longitudinally will be more fun, isn't it?

[Abtacha]

Originally Posted by PaulKenn

Here, a question for all: how can the ebooks be read longitudinally instead of from left to right? Reading Chinese ebooks longitudinally will be more fun, isn't it?

Maybe it would work if you read the book in landscape mode?
You can change to landscape by using the menu button -> more -> orientation.

[nosnoop]

Originally Posted by PaulKenn

Here, a question for all: how can the ebooks be read longitudinally instead of from left to right? Reading Chinese ebooks longitudinally will be more fun, isn't it?

I don't think there is any easy way.

One way is to root it and use Android Apps such as cBook or vReader.

The other is to read Haodoo online using the browser.

[PaulKenn]

Originally Posted by nosnoop

I don't think there is any easy way.

One way is to root it and use Android Apps such as cBook or vReader.

The other is to read Haodoo online using the browser.

...hmm, how then? And no local method using side track?

[PaulKenn]

Originally Posted by Abtacha

Maybe it would work if you read the book in landscape mode?
You can change to landscape by using the menu button -> more -> orientation.

The orientation cannot work.

[Abtacha]

Originally Posted by PaulKenn

The orientation cannot work.

Of course, the characters would be sideways

[PaulKenn]

I used to have a Palm TX and read Haodoo downloaded books longitudinally.

There must be a way to render that same for Sony PRS-T1!

Please let me know....

[mm250gto]

@font-face {
font-family: "zw", serif, sans-serif;
src:url(res:///ebook/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf);
}

I was still having the trouble displaying Chinese characters properly despite the fact that I've followed the instruction described in this thread. Out of luck, I have made it work on my e-Reader. Just in case someone out there has the trouble like I did, the solution that worked for me is above. I have changed the "DroidSansFont" to "zw". I found 'zw' as a font class in the stylesheet.ccs file. I don't know why it works but it works now.

[HLing]

Originally Posted by mm250gto

@font-face {
font-family: "zw", serif, sans-serif;
src:url(res:///ebook/fonts/DroidSansFallback.ttf);
}

I was still having the trouble displaying Chinese characters properly despite the fact that I've followed the instruction described in this thread. Out of luck, I have made it work on my e-Reader. Just in case someone out there has the trouble like I did, the solution that worked for me is above. I have changed the "DroidSansFont" to "zw". I found 'zw' as a font class in the stylesheet.ccs file. I don't know why it works but it works now.

I'm so thankful for this whole thread regarding reading Chinese Epub. It's great to learn about the Haodoo website where one can read Chinese books. Am especially appreciative of this last post by mm250gto. I had use the previous method, which had worked for one of the Chinese books, but then after that (as I loaded and transferred many other Chinese books) I don't see anything except for question marks. Now, this is on the PRS-T1) . I wonder if it will also work for the older Sony ebooks...