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Originally Posted by giladros
GeoffR: I have now added Hebrew fonts to my Kobo by copying the files to the fonts directory. This caused the test files from before to appear correctly in Hebrew RTL, so I guesss that this is the key step. I tried the attachment you provided (ArieBaalGoof-test1.5.epub), which indeed appears correctly.
Then I tried downloading another sample file from Mendele, which at first didn't appear right justified with the extension .kepub.epub, but when I changed it back to .epub it appeared fine. What's the best general procedure for ebooks in Hebrew? It sounds like some ebooks have embedded fonts and some don't, so I guess this complicates things.
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I don't read Hebrew (or any language other than English) so someone else can probably give you better advice.
My guess is that some books were created to work on devices that had limited support for RTL languages, and some of the tricks they used then cause problems on devices which do support RTL. The RTL support in the KePub reader is probably better than in the ePub reader, but some books might still work better on the ePub reader for that reason.
Edit: The KePub reader handles fonts quite differently from the ePub reader, I don't really understand much about how they work, but it seems that the KePub reader has the ability to select glyphs from another font if they are missing from the current font, while with the ePub reader you (or the publisher) need to select a font that has the necessary glyphs.
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Another point, more minor: is there a way to be able to page forward by touching the left side of the screen for Hebrew ebooks? It seems more natural than paging forward on the right side.
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In Settings > Reading settings there is an option to change the tap zones.