Hi!
I have a problem converting Hebrew PDF files to a format which I can read on my Kindle Paperwhite.
When I convert the pdf to .mobi
the font appears fine (that means the Hebrew letters are shown correctly and not like a weird script or something)
How ever there is a problem with the alignment of the words
The letters are shown in reverse and the words are shown in reverse as well.
Since Hebrew is written from Right To Left, unlike Enligh
I reckon this is the problem...
e.g of how the Hebrew looks:
the sentence " hello world"
would appear like this: "dlrow olleh"
I've tried an official epub book and converted it using the Kindle converter and the file came out totally readable.
However the kindle converter does not work well with PDFs...
I convert to the old version of .mobi
the other versions don't work at all on my Kindle
here is the log of the conversion:
Spoiler:
Convert book 1 of 1 (chekhov)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.9.21
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'C:\\Users\\Yoav\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0 .9.21_tmp_fprfbn\\3t_pmx.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x0000000004B090F0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_file_type': u'old',
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'mobi_keep_original_images': False,
'mobi_toc_at_start': False,
'new_pdf_engine': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_images': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x0000000004B096A0>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\Users\\Yoav\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibre_0 .9.21_tmp_fprfbn\\yjf2vg.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'share_not_sync': False,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_factor': 0.45,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: PDF Input running
on C:\Users\Yoav\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_0.9.21_tm p_fprfbn\qstete.pdf
Converting file to html...
Flipping image index-2_1.png: y
Flipping image index-5_1.png: y
Flipping image index-7_1.png: y
Flipping image index-9_1.png: y
Flipping image index-11_1.png: y
Flipping image index-12_1.png: y
Retrieving document metadata...
Generating manifest...
Rendering manifest...
Parsing all content...
Parsing index.html ...
Initial parse failed, using more forgiving parsers
Parsing index.html as HTML
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Auto generated TOC with 0 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 12.00000pt
Removing fake margins...
Found 373 items of level: p_1
p_1 left margin stats: Counter({u'0': 373})
p_1 right margin stats: Counter({u'0': 373})
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating MOBI Output...
Serializing resources...
Creating MOBI 6 output
Applying case-transforming CSS...
Parsing manglecase.css ...
Rasterizing SVG images...
Converting XHTML to Mobipocket markup...
Serializing markup content...
Compressing markup content...
No TOC, MOBI index not generated
MOBI output written to C:\Users\Yoav\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_0.9.21_tm p_fprfbn\lsax3x.mobi