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tomsem · 02-11-2025, 05:02 PM

(I cannot read Hebrew at all.)
What is interesting is that Hebrew script using any of the built in fonts on Kindle looks pretty much the same, and I would expect it to look the same with the Kindle apps (Android app only shows 'Bookerly'; the iOS app shows the usual 8 options but they do not change anything).

But instead it's like some 'display' font that you might see on billboards or something, and strokes are not very articulated. Yuck.

Using calibre, I generated an .epub with all fonts embedded and also a PDF (for conversion to print replica format).

It seems embedded fonts are ignored (both Android and iOS).

PDF of course is WYSIWYG. The issue there is you probably would not want to read it on Oasis, unless you adjust page/margin/text size from the calibre default. Oasis will get PDF instead of Print Replica, which does not sync annotations or let you export them. And Print Replica does not support RTL page reading order or 2 page viewing. But it will look however you want it to.

If syncing annotations is not a requirement, and you don't want fixed layout, I would suggest trying a different reading app on Android with ePub format. Surely there's one that supports embedded Hebrew fonts.

02-11-2025, 05:02 PM	#2
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,966 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	(I cannot read Hebrew at all.) What is interesting is that Hebrew script using any of the built in fonts on Kindle looks pretty much the same, and I would expect it to look the same with the Kindle apps (Android app only shows 'Bookerly'; the iOS app shows the usual 8 options but they do not change anything). But instead it's like some 'display' font that you might see on billboards or something, and strokes are not very articulated. Yuck. Using calibre, I generated an .epub with all fonts embedded and also a PDF (for conversion to print replica format). It seems embedded fonts are ignored (both Android and iOS). PDF of course is WYSIWYG. The issue there is you probably would not want to read it on Oasis, unless you adjust page/margin/text size from the calibre default. Oasis will get PDF instead of Print Replica, which does not sync annotations or let you export them. And Print Replica does not support RTL page reading order or 2 page viewing. But it will look however you want it to. If syncing annotations is not a requirement, and you don't want fixed layout, I would suggest trying a different reading app on Android with ePub format. Surely there's one that supports embedded Hebrew fonts. Last edited by tomsem; 02-11-2025 at 05:06 PM.