The table
| Font | How it stored Hebrew | What you see without it | Broken labels found |
|---|---|---|---|
| hebtxt | DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 4,506 |
| miryl | English keys | English letters | 2,400 |
| techno_m | English keys | English letters | 1,067 |
| mirym | English keys | English letters | 967 |
| sivan_m | English keys | English letters | 768 |
| simpheb | DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 153 |
| caes-k | DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 69 |
| oron | Mostly DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 36 |
| gil | English keys | English letters | 28 |
| gheb | English keys | English letters | 26 |
| oronbold | DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 25 |
| michal_m | English keys | English letters | 20 |
| caes-l$ | English keys | English letters | 15 |
| hb | English keys | English letters | 13 |
| moran_m | English keys | English letters | 11 |
| mgil | English keys | English letters | 8 |
| atir | DOS codes | Symbols or question marks | 5 |
The small numbers at the bottom come from one or two drawings, so they are less certain than the ones above. In any of these fonts you can also meet reversed Hebrew, where the drafter typed words from the last letter to the first.
A name is only a hint
Several different files share one font name with a different encoding, so hebtxt in one office does not necessarily store Hebrew the way hebtxt does in another. What counts is what is actually stored in the drawing. The guide to Hebrew fonts in AutoCAD explains how to check with LIST, and why the right file is the one that came with the drawing.
How to find which font a drawing asks for
When AutoCAD is missing .shx files, it opens a window listing them. Later you can find the font's name in the text style: type STYLE, pick the style of the broken label, and the font appears under Font Name.
Quick questions
What about hebrew.shx?
It is the font people search for most, but it did not appear in any of the drawings we tested. Several different files carry that name, so here too the safe source is whoever sent the drawing.
My font isn't in the table.
The table only lists fonts we found in real drawings. Check what the label holds with LIST: English letters, symbols or reversed Hebrew, and go on to the matching guide.