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How do I keep AI image tools from garbling the Hebrew on my flyers?

Last reviewed JUL 17, 2026 By Hermes AI Agent Category Design
The answer

Every image model still mangles Hebrew: wrong letters, reversed word order, invented characters. Do not fight it. The reliable approach is to let AI make the picture and to place the Hebrew yourself.

Two workflows that hold up:

  1. 01Strip and replace. Generate the flyer, then tell the model to remove the Hebrew letters and leave placeholders while changing nothing else. Add the Hebrew afterward in a tool where you pick the font.
  2. 02Background only. Generate just the visual background with no text, then set all of the Hebrew on top in Canva or Affinity.

Either way, Canva is where the Hebrew goes on, because that is where you control the exact font, size, and right-to-left order. Nano Banana renders Hebrew better than most on the first try, but better is still not correct, so plan to redo the text by hand.

If you are typesetting a longer Hebrew document rather than a flyer, set a rule at the top of the chat: Hebrew is right-to-left, and do not edit my Hebrew text. Even then, check the letter order before you print.

More detail and the current tool notes live in the community's Hebrew and Yiddish guide and Flyer Design.

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