Extra fonts for MicroB engine

August 30th, 2007

I was able to get Arabic and Chinese fonts rendering with MicroB engine.

  1. Go to http://browser-extras.garage.maemo.org/ with your Nokia N800 device
  2. Install Arabic True Type Font and Chinese True Type Font
  3. Reboot the device

See some screen shots below…

Wikipedia home page before the fonts packages were installed:

wiki no fonts 1 wiki no fonts 2

Wikipedia home page after the installation:

wiki with fonts 1 wiki with fonts 2

BBC Arabic and BBC China rendering:

bbc arabic bbc china

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3 Responses to “Extra fonts for MicroB engine”

  1. Guy Says:
    August 31st, 2007 at 9:22 pm

    Good job. And how you solved the problem with Right-to-Left (in Arabic pages)?

  2. LeoZ Says:
    September 3rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    To solve an input problem on a “proper way” is somewhat tricky. The temporary solution would be to use something like “Arabic Virtual Keyboard” from, for example, here: http://www.muftah-alhuruf.com/

  3. Ali Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 3:20 am

    We now have an On-screen Arabic Keyboard for the Nokia N800/N810. Please check my Web Site below:

    tyros.leb.net/nokia/n800

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