Font mod tool for kindle 1

On the mobileread forum, lovebeta has just released a tool for kindle 1 (be careful, not for kindle 2) so that you modify the fonts that can render text in non-European languages. He uses “DroidSansFallback” font which “contains fairly complete unicode characters and is free”.

Accoring to him,  “Due to the usage of symlink, you will loose the usb access to your kindle memory. You can however still access that space using kindle itself.” However, you can restore your kindle to factory setting if you don’t want to use this mod tool.

But he utters caution for kindle 2 owners not to use it on kindle 2. He did not get a chance to check it on kindle 2 as he doesn’t own kindle 2 yet.

Here is the usage of the font mod tool:

USAGE:
1. Make sure that you have firmware 1.2 for your kindle 1.

2. Unzip the enclosed package to the root of your SD card. That is, “update_font_mod.v1.bin” and “\custom” should be in the root directory.

3. Put the SD card into your kindle 1. Navigate the menu: “Home” -> “Settings” -> “Menu” -> “Update your kindle” -> “OK”.

4. Wait for the update to complete. kindle should automatically reboot and you will be done after that.

CAVEATS:
1. Due to the usage of symlink, you will loose the usb access to your kindle memory. You can however still access that space using kindle itself.

2. There appears be a bug in the java mobipocket reader, that it cannot correctly make line breaks in CJK (because they don’t have spaces between words). The link breaks were only correct for the smallest font size. This however can be somewhat remedied by inserting non-visible blank spaces between CJK characters.

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