# OCRmyPDF v17.4.1

- Product: OCRmyPDF (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ocrmypdf)
- Vendor: ocrmypdf
- Date: 2026-04-06
- Version: v17.4.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF/releases/tag/v17.4.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/ocrmypdf/releases/v17.4.1

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- **fixed** — RTL text extraction order in the fpdf2 renderer where Arabic lam-alef ligatures and other multi-character CMap entries were garbled by the bidi algorithm during text extraction
- **fixed** — work_folder not being set in PdfContext options when using the Python API
- **changed** — Updated Ghostscript JPEG corruption warning to include the detected version number

- Fixed RTL text extraction order in the fpdf2 renderer. Arabic lam-alef
  ligatures and other multi-character CMap entries were garbled by the bidi
  algorithm during text extraction. {issue}`1655`
- Fixed ``work_folder`` not being set in ``PdfContext`` options when using
  the Python API. Thanks @bluebox-steven. {issue}`1613`
- Updated Ghostscript JPEG corruption warning to include the detected version
  number, confirming the bug persists in Ghostscript 10.7.0.
- Internal refactoring.
- CI dependency updates.