03-21-2013, 10:44 AM | #1 |
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RTL Hebrew Kindle
Like everyone else, Hebrew on my kindle is the wrong way round: the letters are in reverse order because Hebrew is read right-to-left.
But there's a simple fix... Just use a program or script that reverses the order of the letters. You give it a text file and it returns it reversed. Where can I find such a thing? I've been looking for ages. |
03-21-2013, 11:39 AM | #2 |
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KF8 format supports Hebrew rtl properly. You should not need to 'fix' anything. The HTML source needs to be properly marked up.
http://kneidlach.info/ Also, you should be able to send such ebook files to Personal Documents service now, as it preserves KF8 formatting (something that was added recently). However I don't know if it will properly convert .doc/.rtf/.txt files in Hebrew (probably not). Send To Kindle browser extension doesn't, it seems. So you may need to learn how to create kf8 files (or use Kindle Previewer or kindlegen to convert epub files you may have). And the pd conversion service will only create mobi7 which does not supprt rtl. Consider creating kindle-sized PDF. It is WYSIWYG, easier to author. Last edited by tomsem; 03-21-2013 at 11:21 PM. |
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In answer to the orignal question: linux: rev.
simple as that. I do no have any knowledge of hebrew. also it would reverse EVERYTHING so a text-only file would be required. Hope that helps. |
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However, all of this isn't really necessary, because all current Kindles (K3 and higher) support RTL text (some older Kindle apps don't). @fredsmith123: If you use Calibre to generate Kindle files, select AZW3 and not MOBI as the target format. You can also simply open your source file with Kindle Previewer, which will automatically generate a master mobi file. Some time ago, I created an Arabic/Hebrew font embedding test file that you can use to test whether your Kindle supports KF8/AZW3. (The source code is embedded.) |
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top work.
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I tried converting using Calibre to epub then to mobi but the result was rendered incorrectly. I also tried the unpack tool but it failed. |
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03-27-2013, 03:55 AM | #8 |
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It's not a Mobi file; it's a KF8 file. If you're using Calibre, convert to "AZW3" format, not Mobi.
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03-27-2013, 05:50 AM | #9 |
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Actually, it's both.
I used KindleGen 2.8, which creates a master .mobi file that contains both a regular .mobi file and an .azw3 file. (KindleGen also attaches the source files, which can be extracted with 7Zip or Keka.) But you are of course right. The OP needs to convert to AZW3 not MOBI. I did some experiments and found out that eInk Kindles actually support Arabic vowel signs, if you keep the styles simple. (Unfortunately, you cannot embed Arabic fonts.) @chaditrad: To automatically generate a master .mobi file, download Kindle Previewer and open your .epub or .html files with it. Kindle Previewer will automatically generate a .mobi file. |
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But it's only the KF8 portion of the file which will work . The older Mobi format doesn't support RTL languages.
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That's why I didn't embed fonts in my latest test file. Also since I figured out that Arabic vowel signs are supported up to a certain font size I created a new test file without embedded fonts. |
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whereas in arabic, و وُ وِ وَ are using one character for the و and one character for the glyph. I guess this is one difference worth mentioning. Thanks for the update on the question. I am really interested in knowing the latest about Arabic fonts on Kindle. I guess many are interested in that especially for writing religious books (e.g. quran, bible) or dictionaries. We all agree that there is a big lack of arabic material in the kindle shop. - Is there a group/page on this forum for Arabic font discussions? I only saw some small threads on the subject. - According to your knowledge, what is the compatibility of Arabic with the various formats and various Kindle models ? ( I know this question is a bit extensive, but this kind of information would be interesting if available in one place) Thanks for your time a lot. |
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IIRC, an Arab Kindle Paperwhite user was able to bypass this limitation by installing the USE_ALT_FONTS Kindle font hack, but, AFAIK, embedding Arabic fonts still doesn't work. Quote:
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Mobi7 supports only single word based RTL shaping. For example it'll display سكة حديد as حديد سكة. On the plus side, it's possible to create dictionaries with inflections for single word entries. (I.e. looking up طلاب will display the entry for طالب.) Quote:
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I have seen the bug where the words are in the wrong order but kindle support Hebrew perfectly. At least Kindle ppw.
The bug come from Calibre and not the Kindle. When I use kindlegen ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000765211 ) to convert the files, they work perfectly |
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