Issue 541: Hebrew lyrics diacritic not well aligned http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=541
New issue report by gpermus: % gp: verified in 2.11.36 as well In Hebrew Lyrics, frequently diacritic (diacritical marks) are not well aligned with the letter they should be attached to. In Hebrew they are called 'nikud' or 'niqud' and are used as vowels. Attached are example files of Lilypond source (\version "2.10.33") and an annotated screen shot. In that example, The Patah diacritic which is like an underline below a later Unicode= U+05B7 : /afii57798 : HEBREW POINT PATAH http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=05B7 appears 3 times: + On the left side, it is slightly right to the (Kaf) letter + In the middle it looks well aligned below the (He) letter. + In the last right side it is almost detached - right to the side of the (Vav) letter, while it should have been below it. Since I am well experienced with C++ and gdb, though not in Pango and Guile, if someone can point me - where in the C++ code this offset is being determined, I may try help solve this issue. Note: In modern Hebrew text, diacritics are rarely used. But with music notation, they become essential especially for 'prima vista' singing. With the almost impossible mix of left-to-right music and natural right-to-left Hebrew, it is difficult in many cases to guess the right vowel without diacritical mark. This is because the natural right-to-left Hebrew context is lost. -- yotam [nikud.ly application/octet-stream (449B)] [nikud-bug.jpeg image/jpeg (16.4KB)] Attachments: nikud.ly 449 bytes nikud-bug.jpeg 16.4 KB Issue attributes: Status: Accepted Owner: gpermus Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
