Thursday, August 28, 2014

Good News Br. Pīnyīn-English EPUB Material Up to Lesson 4, Question 3 Added

Good News brochure Pīnyīn-English EPUB material up to Lesson 4, Question 3, including the full text of the cited scriptures, has been added to:

Also, as discussed here, the default typeface for the above resource has been changed to Gentium Basic. (In iBooks, the default font is listed as Original.)


As well, a setting has been changed so that when the EPUB file is viewed in iBooks in portrait orientation using Scrolling View, the right side of the material no longer gets cut off.


Note that:

  • The material in the above resource has been carefully translated, rendered, and proofread.
  • The linked full text in Pīnyīn-English of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resource.
  • The above resource is mobile-friendly—the EPUB material is quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • In the above resource, links are used extensively to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • In apps such as iBooks, annotations (notes, highlighting, etc.) can be easily added to EPUB files by users.
  • The above resource contains picture links.
  • The above resource contains a link to the video “Shàngdì Yǒu Míngzi ma?” (“Does God Have a Name?”) on jw.org.
  • In common EPUB-reading apps like iBooks, the text size can be adjusted to be quite large.
  • iBooks has an optional Night theme.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resource.

The download page and the EPUB file’s Introduction have information on the advantages of the EPUB format, and on why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own.


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