When using CMD terminal Python can't display Hebrew

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I'm trying to use Hebrew Characters in my code. but my terminal (CMD) can't support Hebrew and instead it just displays random question marks. For example:

>>>Print("דוגמא")

result: ????? \

EDIT: The CMD console simply has no Hebrew letters in its default font. You can simply change the font to display Hebrew.

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3 Answers

This will affect the Command (CMD) console.

  1. Open regedit.exe and navigate to this location:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont

  2. Occasionally you will see two values named 0 and 00. Add a third String Value and name it: 000 (Zero three times).

  3. In this new 000 String Value, enter Courier New (case sensitive) in the Value Data field.

  4. Now open Powershell (this work for CMD as well) and go to properties: Left click on top left Powershell icon and select properties.

  5. Go to Font tab and select the Courier New font:

Now you should see Hebrew when you switch to Hebrew writing (backwards view). This enables you to send output Hebrew writing from a script for instance.

user_57635900

I have a solution. Change console font in Windows There is a code there to change the font. I found out it also works for fonts that are usually not supported by CMD.

according to the answer:

import ctypes

LF_FACESIZE = 32
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11

class COORD(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("X", ctypes.c_short), ("Y", ctypes.c_short)]

class CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("cbSize", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("nFont", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("dwFontSize", COORD),
                ("FontFamily", ctypes.c_uint),
                ("FontWeight", ctypes.c_uint),
                ("FaceName", ctypes.c_wchar * LF_FACESIZE)]

font = CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX()
font.cbSize = ctypes.sizeof(CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX)
font.nFont = 12
font.dwFontSize.X = 11
font.dwFontSize.Y = 18
font.FontFamily = 54
font.FontWeight = 400
font.FaceName = "Lucida Console"

handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(
        handle, ctypes.c_long(False), ctypes.pointer(font))```
user_90841470

use this for hebrew ,it should work ,it's the same code as "the shwarna " wrote above ,but you gotta replace font.FaceName = "Lucida Console" with font.FaceName = ""Hadassah Friedlaender" ,for it to work .

LF_FACESIZE = 32
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11

class COORD(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("X", ctypes.c_short), ("Y", ctypes.c_short)]

class CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX(ctypes.Structure):
    _fields_ = [("cbSize", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("nFont", ctypes.c_ulong),
                ("dwFontSize", COORD),
                ("FontFamily", ctypes.c_uint),
                ("FontWeight", ctypes.c_uint),
                ("FaceName", ctypes.c_wchar * LF_FACESIZE)]

font = CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX()
font.cbSize = ctypes.sizeof(CONSOLE_FONT_INFOEX)
font.nFont = 12
font.dwFontSize.X = 11
font.dwFontSize.Y = 18
font.FontFamily = 54
font.FontWeight = 300
font.FaceName = "Hadassah Friedlaender"

handle = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)
ctypes.windll.kernel32.SetCurrentConsoleFontEx(
        handle, ctypes.c_long(False), ctypes.pointer(font))
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