Cyrillic Kindle – Beta testers needed!
By Paul Biba
From Blog Kindle. Anyone want to help out?
After quite a bit of tweaking I was able to create a patch that replaces default Kindle 2 fonts with ones that support wider range of Unicode characters. I was able to test it on Cyrillic texts in particular. I believe that any characters can be displayed – it’s just a matter of picking correct TTF fonts. The patch works in books and in web-browser as you can see from the screenshots. Patch is also fully reversible. I’ve tried installing and removing it several times and my Kindle is working fine.
I plan to make this patch available here on this website for anyone to download. However before I do so I would like to have it properly tested by volunteers. If you would like to be on the front-line of Kindle hacking – drop a comment here and I’ll email you the patch and the instructions. Volunteers will be honorably mentioned in the post containing the final patch. Although I’ve tested this patch to the best of my abilities and as you can see from the screenshots – it works, I can’t guarantee anything and if your device ends up being bricked – I’ll try my best to advise you on fixing it but in no way I should be held responsible – responsibility is all yours. So again – if you are interested – drop a comment on this post and I’ll email you.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I can test the patch for you. Suggestions of a book to test it with?
August 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Beta please! I need Russian fonts on the Kindle 2…
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
I can help you test it.
November 1st, 2009 at 6:46 am
Hi saw this post now. If you are still looking for Beta testers, I will be more than happy. My husband just got a Kindle, and I was disappointed to see I could not read Russian books on it. All the best, Olga
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I am ready, please send me Russian fonts