Hi, Just wondering if this is a possible bug:
I was looking through the SBL Hebrew manual (http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/SBLHebrewUserManual1.5x.pdf) and noticed that one of the tricky combinations mentioned in the manual is not rendered correctly. The particular character in question is the alef on page 7 of the manual. The SBL Hebrew font is available from http://www.sbl-site.org/Fonts/SBL_Hbrw.ttf No combinations I entered gave the correct rendering. Looking at the font, it looks like there are some unmapped glyphs designed to cater for this and similar cases. Initially I wondered if the ZWJ was a kludge, but it does seem to appear in at least some copies of the WLC codex online. Others use the same character ordering, but without the ZWJ. My file versions: This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) xltxtra: 2009/09/02 v0.5 xunicode: 2008/02/08 v0.91 fontspec: 2008/08/09 v1.18 bidi: v1.1.1, <commit 54>, 2010/07/25 Minimal sample file showing various character orderings possible, incuding the one with the ZWJ mentioned in the manual. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{xltxtra} \usepackage{bidi} \newfontfamily\hebrewfont[Script=Hebrew,Contextuals=Alternate,Ligatures=Required]{SBL Hebrew} \begin{document} \hebrewfont\setRL אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + hataf patah + ZWJ + meteg + dehi (From SBL Hebrew manual) אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + hataf patah + meteg + dehi אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + hataf patah + dehi + meteg אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + meteg + hataf patah + dehi אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + meteg + dehi + hataf patah אֲֽ֭\quad % alef + dehi + hataf patah + meteg אֲֽ֭ % alef + dehi + meteg + hataf + meteg \end{document} Questions: Is there a fontspec option I am missing to enable correct rendering in this case? Can others confirm that this is a problem (in case some of my files are too old)? Any comments on how XeLaTeX/fontspec should behave? It would make sense to me for at least the first two options in the minimal file above to render correctly, since I do not understand why the ZWJ would be necessary other than as a kludge... but I am very ignorant, so they may be a good reason. Other parts of the SBL Hebrew manual talk about the font being able to render correctly pointing and cantilation in any order. However, I don't understand how and when normalisation should occur. cheers David -- David Purton dcpur...@marshwiggle.net For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a
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