jiteshkhokhani

Q: How can i make a book using foreign language using Ibooks author

Hello,

 

I would like to convert regional text books of different languages. I have created the book in the ibook author app by installing the font on my mac. But when i preview it then it does not show in the same font. it shows as junk font.

 

Can someone help me with this.

 

Can this be done. ?

 

Regards

 

JK

Ibook Author, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 6:01 AM

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Q: How can i make a book using foreign language using Ibooks author

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  • by Fabe,

    Fabe Fabe Feb 14, 2012 6:12 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Feb 14, 2012 6:12 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    iAuthor only supports a select number of fonts. It appears the one you want is not currently supported. You should give Apple feedback and request the addition of this font. Alternatively, is there another font that will render your alphabet that iAuthor does support? - Fabe

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Feb 14, 2012 7:12 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Feb 14, 2012 7:12 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    jiteshkhokhani wrote:

     

    I have created the book in the ibook author app by installing the font on my mac.

     

    What language exactly are you talking about?  Did you activate the proper keyboard layout in system prefs/language & text/input sources? It should not be a problem if you do that.

     

    Normally you do not need to install a font, and doing so is useless because you must use a font that is present on the iPad (users cannot install their own).

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Feb 14, 2012 7:50 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Feb 14, 2012 7:50 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    PS In addition to languages that use the Latin script, the iPad should be able to display books in Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Cherokee, Hebrew, Hindi, Thai, Tibetan,  Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Oriya, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Armenian, Georgian, Lao, and Yi.

  • by Fabe,

    Fabe Fabe Feb 14, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Fabe
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    Feb 14, 2012 7:45 AM in response to Fabe

    It is not iAuthor that supports a select number of fonts,but the iPad. I apologize for any confusion. - Fabe

  • by Gandhily,

    Gandhily Gandhily Jun 27, 2012 4:53 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Jun 27, 2012 4:53 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    I have a similar question. but, I don't even see the Font option for Tamil Language as Tom Gewecke mentioned.


    I know that the users don't have to install Tamil Fonts on their iPad, but, I just can't figure out how to use the same Tamil Font on my Mac while creating the book on iBooks Author.

     

    Please advice. Thanks. - Narayanan N

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jun 27, 2012 5:02 AM in response to Gandhily
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    Jun 27, 2012 5:02 AM in response to Gandhily

    Gandhily wrote:

     

    I don't even see the Font option for Tamil Language as Tom Gewecke mentioned.

     

     

    Apple provides the fonts InaiMathi, Tamil MN, and Tamil Sangam MN.  Do you really not see these in Fontbook on your Mac?  Or in Format > Font > Show Fonts?

     

    Also you understand that you need to activate the Tamil keyboard layout to type Tamil, not just switch the font, right?

  • by andyshrestha,

    andyshrestha andyshrestha Jan 1, 2013 1:15 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Jan 1, 2013 1:15 AM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    You can use custom fonts now.

    Here's how to use them:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5072

     

    If this helps, do like my facebook page:

    http://www.facebook.com/andyshrestha

  • by Anil Goswami,

    Anil Goswami Anil Goswami Jan 20, 2015 11:58 PM in response to jiteshkhokhani
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    Jan 20, 2015 11:58 PM in response to jiteshkhokhani

    you can use any language on ibook Author. just go to the right hand top in ibook Author the simbole is A there is Fonts you can Select any font to install on your system.Screen Shot 2015-01-21 at 1.25.00 pm.png

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  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Jan 21, 2015 5:29 AM in response to Anil Goswami
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    Jan 21, 2015 5:29 AM in response to Anil Goswami

    I think it is a big mistake to use non-unicode Kruti dev fonts for an ebook.   The digital data is really English and not Devanagari.  Instead you should type using the Devanagari keyboards and international standard  Uncode fonts supplied by Apple.  This will ensure all platforms and processes see the proper script.