Arabic displayed from left to right in web browsers

Heba · 02-02-2015, 06:07 PM

I have seen this problem in Kindle pw2 and all the other ereaders: Hanvon c18 and Sony dpt-s1: Arabic letters are disjointed and placed from left to right (while they should be joined and from right to left) in web browsers.
Is there anything that I can do about that?

Thanks.

susan_cassidy · 02-02-2015, 06:18 PM

No, the software on the device has to support it, and it is harder to do than you might think.

Heba · 02-02-2015, 06:21 PM

Thx but I don't see this problem in pdfs though, so I assumed it's a configuration issue only.

susan_cassidy · 02-02-2015, 07:55 PM

PDFs are images of pages. That's why they work.

eschwartz · 02-02-2015, 09:05 PM

PDFs are sometimes images of pages. AZW3 (unlike MOBI) will actually support text-based RTL writing (not images

) the proper way.

The browser on my Kindle Touch handles hebrew (another RTL language

) just fine.

So theoretically it should work. At least on the Kindles, since mine is older and works.

eschwartz · 02-02-2015, 09:08 PM

I compared this page on the computer and on my Kindle Touch: http://ar.lipsum.com/

It shows up the same, no mangling.

Heba · 02-03-2015, 02:53 AM

Thx everyone

Even azw3 has the problem of left to right (I converted the pdf using calibre and I am viewing it on my pc till my kindle voyage arrives. Is there a configuration feature that I am doing wrong?

Thx again.

02-02-2015, 06:07 PM	#1
Heba Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 529938 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Egypt Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle DX, Hanvon C18 and Sony Dpt-S1	Arabic displayed from left to right in web browsers I have seen this problem in Kindle pw2 and all the other ereaders: Hanvon c18 and Sony dpt-s1: Arabic letters are disjointed and placed from left to right (while they should be joined and from right to left) in web browsers. Is there anything that I can do about that? Thanks.

02-03-2015, 02:53 AM	#7
Heba Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 529938 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Egypt Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle DX, Hanvon C18 and Sony Dpt-S1	Thx everyone Even azw3 has the problem of left to right (I converted the pdf using calibre and I am viewing it on my pc till my kindle voyage arrives. Is there a configuration feature that I am doing wrong? Thx again. Last edited by Heba; 02-03-2015 at 02:59 AM.

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02-02-2015, 06:18 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	No, the software on the device has to support it, and it is harder to do than you might think.

02-02-2015, 06:21 PM	#3
Heba Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 529938 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Egypt Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle DX, Hanvon C18 and Sony Dpt-S1	Thx but I don't see this problem in pdfs though, so I assumed it's a configuration issue only.

02-02-2015, 07:55 PM	#4
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	PDFs are images of pages. That's why they work.

02-02-2015, 09:05 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	PDFs are sometimes images of pages. AZW3 (unlike MOBI) will actually support text-based RTL writing (not images ) the proper way. The browser on my Kindle Touch handles hebrew (another RTL language ) just fine. So theoretically it should work. At least on the Kindles, since mine is older and works.

02-02-2015, 09:08 PM	#6
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I compared this page on the computer and on my Kindle Touch: http://ar.lipsum.com/ It shows up the same, no mangling.