Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) on your Kindle!! — In 10 mins.

Below is 7 step process to get Kannada fonts working properly on Amazon Kindle.

Step 1: Download NotoSansKannada Fonts on your computer

Step 2: Connect your Kindle Device* using USB. Don’t eject.

Step 3: Open Kindle Folder

Step 4: Create ‘fonts’ directory, and copy ‘NotoSansKannada.ttf’ inside of it.

After all steps, Kindle’s path should look like above.

Step 5: Create an empty file named ‘USE_ALT_FONTS’ (Note: without any file extensions), at the root (ie, inside ‘Kindle’ directory level).

Step 6: Eject Kindle from Computer.

Step 7: Reboot kindle.

Now, you can read Kannada books inside Kindle, without issues.

More detailed read about this can be done here in my previous blog.

FootNotes:

‘*’ — Supported Kindle devices are shown in below image. Note that software version may change in the same.

List of Kindle devices from Wiki Article.

• Note that Kannada Rendering is fine on iPhones and iPads, but on Android Apps, the rendering is not properly supported at present. It would work fine on CyanogenMod version of Android, but not in Google’s Android.

Updates:

• 2020–03–01: MyLang books has come up with a good set of books and audiobooks. I recommend you to try it and support them.
• 2020–02–01: I see that google-books supports and contains many kannada books.