[Booki-dev] localised numbers in Objavi PDFs, and more

[adam hyde]

these look fantastic

how would u feel about registering on blog.booki.cc and writing about it
when its implemented?

adam



On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 23:04 +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote:
> hello,
> 
> My test Objavi server now localises page numbers and chapter numbers.
> Here are some samples, in Burmese, Arabic, and Farsi, respectively:
> 
> http://objavi.halo.gen.nz/books/CircumventionToolsmy-my-2010.08.20-22.56.41.pdf
> http://objavi.halo.gen.nz/books/XOar-ar-2010.08.20-22.55.17.pdf
> http://objavi.halo.gen.nz/books/Firefox-fa-2010.08.20-21.23.56.pdf
> 
> Hindi also gets localised numbers, but that server doesn't have a font
> for it.
> 
> It is possible that this is the wrong thing to do for some of these
> languages.  I believe that some cultures prefer (or at least are
> accustomed to) Western-Arabic numerals in print, and the traditional
> ones just look strange.  But I don't know for whom that applies.
> 
> There will be an advanced option in the form to choose numbering
> styles, with the default being chosen heuristically.
> 
> The page numbers are now also styleable using CSS, and will by default
> use the same font as the book body.  Relatedly, Objavi no longer tries
> to consume an infinite amount of memory as it adds page numbers, and
> is consequently slightly faster and more reliable.
> 
> I'll make these changes live soon and tell the main list.
> 
> Douglas
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