images.jpgFrom Amazon Kindle Review. I haven’t seen this mentioned elsewhere:

Here’s are the new fonts Kindle 3 and Kindle WiFi now support –

1. Chinese Traditional and Simplified. This would explain the rumors of Amazon getting its Chinese subsidiary ready to ship Kindle 3 in China.
2. Japanese. Japan is a pretty big market and this should allow Amazon to take a shot.
3. Korean. Obviously lets Amazon target North and South Korea.
4. Cyrillic. This will allow support for Russian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Belarusian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Mongolian, Tajik, and other languages. It’ll help Amazon sell Kindle 3 in East Europe, Russia, and countries in that part of the world.

There are lots and lots of nuances – For example, CJK languages can be written either left to right or top to bottom.

It’s pretty impressive that Amazon got the time to add Kindle CJK support and Kindle Cyrillic support. It makes Kindle 3 and Kindle WiFi even likelier to be huge hits.

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