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 <garzoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> fourth word from the left). The point is on the right hand side of the >> Waw consonant instead of on the left. >> >> System specs: Ubuntu Karmic, fontspec 2010/08/01 v2.0c, >> XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch2 (Web2C 7.5.6) >> >> What can I do to achieve the correct vowel adjustment? Does anyone have >> experiences with fonts for Biblical Hebrew? >> >> Thanks, >> Carsten > > Dear Carsten, > > The problem arises from not telling fontspec you're writing in Hebrew: > you need to declare the font feature Script=Hebrew (you wouldn't need > this on a Mac). To do this you need the format > \fontspec[Script=Hebrew]{Ezra SIL} or whatever font you desire. > > Are you using that format for a reason? I would prefer to use > polyglossia for a bilingual document: > > \usepackage{xltxtra, polyglossia} > \setmainlanguage{english} > \setotherlanguage{hebrew} > \newfontfamily\hebrewfont[Script=Hebrew]{Ezra SIL} > > \begin{document} > Ezra SIL: \texthebrew{וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨ה֙ וָבֹ֔ה} > \end{document} > > Gareth. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex