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Filling PDF forms in Hebrew, Arabic and other languages
Most PDF tools were built for English and quietly fall apart the moment you type Hebrew, Arabic, or mixed-direction text. Letters reverse, punctuation jumps to the wrong side, and numbers land in the wrong place. Formagator was built to get this right.
Why right-to-left is hard for form tools
Hebrew and Arabic read right to left, but numbers and embedded Latin words read left to right. A correct tool has to apply the bidirectional text rules so a phone number, an address, or a date inside a Hebrew sentence appears in the right order. Tools that treat every character the same produce text that is technically present but visually scrambled.
What Formagator does
Formagator detects the direction of what you type and lays it out correctly — right-aligned for RTL scripts, with numbers and Latin fragments kept in their proper order. The interface itself is available in many languages, and you can fill a form in one language while reading the site in another. Field detection and on-device text recognition support both Latin and Hebrew scripts.
Step by step
- Open your formAny PDF — a government form, a lease, a school document.
- Set your keyboard languageType in Hebrew, Arabic, or any script; direction is applied automatically.
- Check mixed contentVerify that numbers, emails and dates inside RTL text sit correctly.
- DownloadThe exported PDF preserves the correct layout for every reader.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I mix Hebrew and English in one field?
Yes. Bidirectional layout keeps each part in its correct order.
Does the font match the form?
Formagator matches font and size to the document so your text blends with the printed labels.
Which scripts are supported?
Any language for filling, including right-to-left scripts such as Hebrew and Arabic, plus Latin and Cyrillic.