looks okay by me. miktex 2.8 (windows 7x64) This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.1 (MiKTeX 2.8)
Avi On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:51 PM, David Purton <dcpur...@marshwiggle.net>wrote: > 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 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFMFOJ1FtfqMu4ICewRAmr4AKCUwPbSbJGCQ6bfwTYuMizr/4+1fwCfd2Nq > 1k7Hnk0FlLXnwrU0vqt16sw= > =2QFF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > -- -------------------------------------------------------- Avi Wollman אבי וולמן http://www.google.com/profiles/avi.wollman --------------------------------------------------------
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