[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by rewyn

In designing an academic book in InDesign CS6, I've encountered a problem with having a Hebrew word inside a footnote with a number after it (Hebrew copy 37...), however, while setting the Hebrew copy the number wants to go in front of the Hebrew text instead of staying behind it (ltr vs. rtl.)

Try wrapping the Hebrew word in a dir="rtl" span followed by a zero-width non-joiner (‌) or a thin space ( ). For example:

<p>The exact pronunciation of <span dir="rtl">יהוה</span>&zwnj;<sup>2</sup> is unknown.</p>

BTW, the most commonly used ADE/RMSDK based Adobe reading apps don't support RTL text. The above code only works with iBooks and Kindle KF8. I.e., you might have to convert Hebrew text to .svg images.