Arabic screens, right-to-left layout and Hijri dates

# Arabic screens, right-to-left layout and Hijri dates

Use the language button at the top of any screen (ع / EN) to switch between English and Arabic. In Arabic the screens read right to left: the menu moves to the right and tables read from the right.

Review the Arabic. The Arabic text is a first translation. Ask a native Arabic speaker to review it before you rely on it in documents you send to customers.

Numbers. Western digits (0 1 2 3) are the default in the Gulf. If you prefer Arabic-Indic digits (٠ ١ ٢ ٣), change Digits in Gulf pack > Settings. Dates are written day, month, year.

Hijri dates. Turn on Hijri date on documents in Gulf pack > Settings and invoices show a second date. Pop Books uses the Umm al-Qura calendar, the calendar Saudi Arabia uses, from its published month starts for 1420 to 1500 AH. Outside those years it falls back to an arithmetic estimate, which can differ by a day at a month boundary; documents carry a note saying so.

PDF font. Arabic in PDFs uses Noto Naskh Arabic, bundled with the app under the SIL Open Font License. Nothing is downloaded.