Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-25 Thread Karljurgen Feuerherm
Hi Ok, I was wondering about that. In the past I've used the Ezra SIL font. I've not had occasion to work with Hebrew yet since the transition, so I'll keep all this in mind when the time comes. Best K >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:58 PM, in message <4c7486ba.3090...@verizon.net>, David Perr

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-25 Thread Karljurgen Feuerherm
Thanks, that helps! K >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:17 PM, in message <4c746105.1040...@gmail.com>, Gareth Hughes wrote: > > Karljurgen Feuerherm wrote: >> Hi >> >> As I do some Hebrew, and have just migrated to a Mac (last month), I am >> curious why the font feature need not be declared o

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-25 Thread Carsten Ziegert
Yes, updating to 999.7 solved the issue. Thanks! Carsten Am Mittwoch, den 25.08.2010, 14:07 +1000 schrieb Vafa Khalighi: > Thanks a lot for all your hints! > However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed > that bib > wasn't yet installed. After install

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-25 Thread Kirk Lowery
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:58 PM, David Perry wrote: > > > On 8/24/2010 8:17 PM, Gareth Hughes wrote: > >> >> The fontspec manual discusses the difference between ICU and AAT font >> handling. Macs use the latter, Linux and other operating systems use the >> former. >> > This is true, but remember

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Vafa Khalighi
> > Thanks a lot for all your hints! > However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib > wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complained that iftex.sty > was not available. But after installing iftex I got the following error > message: > > ! Package bidi Error: TeX en

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread David Perry
On 8/24/2010 8:17 PM, Gareth Hughes wrote: The fontspec manual discusses the difference between ICU and AAT font handling. Macs use the latter, Linux and other operating systems use the former. This is true, but remember that OS X can also use Windows-style TrueType or OpenType fonts with no

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Gareth Hughes
Karljurgen Feuerherm wrote: > Hi > > As I do some Hebrew, and have just migrated to a Mac (last month), I am > curious why the font feature need not be declared on a Mac? > > Thanks > > KF The fontspec manual discusses the difference between ICU and AAT font handling. Macs use the latter, Lin

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Karljurgen Feuerherm
Hi As I do some Hebrew, and have just migrated to a Mac (last month), I am curious why the font feature need not be declared on a Mac? Thanks KF >>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM, in message <4c72d3dd.8000...@gmail.com>, Gareth Hughes wrote: > Carsten Ziegert wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am faci

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Kirk Lowery
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 06:42:51PM -0400, Kirk Lowery wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carsten Ziegert < > carsten_zieg...@sil.org> > > wrote: > > > > Thanks a lot for all your hints! > > However, when I tried Kirk's exampl

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 06:42:51PM -0400, Kirk Lowery wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carsten Ziegert > wrote: > > Thanks a lot for all your hints! > However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib > wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complain

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Kirk Lowery
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Kirk Lowery wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carsten Ziegert > wrote: > >> Thanks a lot for all your hints! >> However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib >> wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complained that iftex.sty

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Kirk Lowery
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Carsten Ziegert wrote: > Thanks a lot for all your hints! > However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib > wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complained that iftex.sty > was not available. But after installing iftex I got the foll

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Carsten Ziegert wrote: Thanks a lot for all your hints! However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complained that iftex.sty was not available. But after installing iftex I got the following error message: ! Package bidi E

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Carsten Ziegert
Thanks a lot for all your hints! However, when I tried Kirk's example (see below) I noticed that bib wasn't yet installed. After installing bidi it complained that iftex.sty was not available. But after installing iftex I got the following error message: ! Package bidi Error: TeX engines other tha

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Ron Aaron
On Tuesday 24 August 2010 13:49:37 Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: > This really confuses me, Ron : if this were TeX and not XeTeX, That's because I flub-fingered the copy'n'paste :( It should be: \font\hfont="SBL Hebrew:script=hebr,language=IWR,mapping=tex-text" at 12pt -- Sending me

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-24 Thread Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
Ron Aaron wrote: Just to complete what others have said, I use raw 'xetex' and have a font line like: \def\hfont{SBL Hebrew:script=hebr,language=IWR,mapping=tex-text} This really confuses me, Ron : if this were TeX and not XeTeX, I would be confident that the line above simply defined a ma

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Ron Aaron
On Monday 23 August 2010 21:55:07 Carsten Ziegert wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing a problems with hebrew vowels while trying three different > fonts (see example file): > > With SBL Hebrew and Ezra SIL, the vowels are too much on the left under > the consonants. Just to complete what others have sa

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Gildas Hamel
* Gareth Hughes (garzoh...@gmail.com) wrote: |> Kirk Lowery wrote: |> > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Gareth Hughes wrote: |> > |> >> Are you using that format for a reason? I would prefer to use |> >> polyglossia for a bilingual document: |> >> |> > |> > Two (possibl

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Gareth Hughes
Kirk Lowery wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Gareth Hughes wrote: > >> Are you using that format for a reason? I would prefer to use >> polyglossia for a bilingual document: >> > > Two (possibly related questions): > > 1. Does polyglossia preclude the need for the bidi package? Polygl

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:46:38PM -0400, Kirk Lowery wrote: > 2010/8/23 Carsten Ziegert > > Hi, > > I am facing a problems with hebrew vowels while trying three different > fonts (see example file): > > With SBL Hebrew and Ezra SIL, the vowels are too much on the left under >

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Kirk Lowery
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Gareth Hughes wrote: > > Are you using that format for a reason? I would prefer to use > polyglossia for a bilingual document: > Two (possibly related questions): 1. Does polyglossia preclude the need for the bidi package? 2. What advantages does polyglossia ha

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Gareth Hughes
Carsten Ziegert wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing a problems with hebrew vowels while trying three different > fonts (see example file): > > With SBL Hebrew and Ezra SIL, the vowels are too much on the left under > the consonants. > Cardo seems ok, except for shureq (leftmost letter of the third and >

Re: [XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Kirk Lowery
2010/8/23 Carsten Ziegert > Hi, > > I am facing a problems with hebrew vowels while trying three different > fonts (see example file): > > With SBL Hebrew and Ezra SIL, the vowels are too much on the left under > the consonants. > Cardo seems ok, except for shureq (leftmost letter of the third an

[XeTeX] Ancient Hebrew font problem

2010-08-23 Thread Carsten Ziegert
Hi, I am facing a problems with hebrew vowels while trying three different fonts (see example file): With SBL Hebrew and Ezra SIL, the vowels are too much on the left under the consonants. Cardo seems ok, except for shureq (leftmost letter of the third and fourth word from the left). The point is