> > > > 1. You'll need the Windows fonts - just copy the c:\windows\fonts directory and
> > > > run "ttmkfdir <your dir>" and then add it to your xfs with
> > > > "/usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add <your dir with full path" and at the end - re-run
> > > > your xfs again..
>
> I'm not sure that's the smartest idea. Some fonts may be problematic. Note
> that chkfontpath is (at least on my machine) a bit buggy .
> Mandrake 7.1 comes with a utility that extractes (by defaul all of
> the) TTFs from windows parrtition and installs them. I rememebr reading
> about problems caused by fonts such as David and Miriam. Perhaps it would
> be better to stick with unicode fonts, such as Arial, Courier New, Lucida,
> Tahoma, and Times New Roman.
>
We already discussed this in the previous email :)
I see that you included the link at the end of the email - so I'll try this
later here..
>
> > >
> > > In the previous message Hetz seems to have forgotten another major
> > > problem, which is the fonts. Most KDE2 programs need unicode fonts
> > > (iso10646-1). Although Konquerer maybe a special case (see my question
> > > above).
> >
> > Let me correct myself:
> >
> > You'll need the unicode fonts for the menus translations for Hebrew, and for the
> > title window in konqueror. You don't need it for anything else...
>
> OK. Here is something which may be related, but probably isn't.
> Ever since I started to use licq with a qt_gui that uses qt2, I wan't able
> to view Hebrew. Actually I never tried to use iso10646-1 fonts (only tried
> iso8859-8 fonts, which looked like gibrish), and it will be a while until
> I will be able to try this. Has anybody managed to read Hebrew from the
> qt_gui of licq (with qt2)?
Donno. I'm using kicq-2 (runs only on kde 2) from cvs and I haven't tried Hebrew
with it yet..
>
> The point is that probably all sorts of widgets will use unicode-encoded
> text, and at some point you'll have to be able to read it.
>
> >
> > You do need the true-type fonts for Logical and Visual Hebrew. So you'll have to
> > add hebrew true type fonts (either the elmar fonts or the Windows fonts).
>
> Sorry. I didn't understand you here:
>
> What has the type of the font to do with the direction of Hebrew?
> (Are TrueType fonts unicode fonts by definition, or is it simply that most
> of the unicode fonts availble at the moment are TrueType?)
> Anyway, the elmar fonts are not TrueType fonts, and only supply iso8 and
> iso1 .
Where do u see that I'm talking about directions of hebrew? I'm saying that both
logical and Visual hebrew are now showing on Konqueror with true type fonts. It
doesn't use the unicode fonts on konqueror at all (only at the window title).
Which means: if you don't have Unicode fonts - you could still browse Logical
and Visual hebrew perfectly. (I'll try to do some tests with your unicode script
convert at home today)
> >
> > Good luck. Seems no one have added to ivrix a search engine, and I didn't found
> > anything. Anyone can give a link?
>
> ttfmkdir-heb (a really simple script, as I said):
> http://ivrix.org.il/mailing-lists/ivrix-discuss/2000/08/0008.html
>
Thanks for this one :)
I just wonder Tzafrir, why don't u give the kde2 a test? just grab the
kdesupport,kdelibs and kdebase - compile and try -- it won't take more then 90
minutes of your time...
Thanks
Hetz
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