Re: Misaligned Marks

[Marc Trius <derpayatz@riseup.net>]

Adding ccmp=yes to the font feature seems to fix this by replacing the problematic combinations with ligatures.

Thanks,
Marc

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:11:56 -0500
Marc Trius <derpayatz@riseup.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> I am trying to set some text in Hebrew with diacritical marks, and whenever there is a diacritical that's supposed to come in the middle of a letter, all the marks are coming off misaligned, right after the glyph rather than in the middle of it (or wherever they're supposed to be).
> 
> I've attached a ConTeXt and Gimp output using the same font, Ezra SIL.
> 
> Here is the code:
> 
>   \definefontfeature
>     [hebrew] [
>       mode=node,
>       expansion=quality,
>       protrusion=quality,
>       language=dflt,
>       script=hebr,
>       liga=yes,
>       rlig=yes,
>       dlig=yes,
>       clig=yes,
>       mark=yes,
>       mkmk=yes,
>       kern=yes
>       ]
> 
>   \starttypescript [serif] [ezrasil]
>     \definefontsynonym	[Ezra-SIL-Regular]	[name:ezrasil]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[Ezra-SIL-Bold]		[name:ezrasil]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[Ezra-SIL-Italic]	[name:ezrasil]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[Ezra-SIL-Bold-Italic]	[name:ezrasil]	[features=hebrew]
>   \stoptypescript
> 
>   \starttypescript [serif] [ezrasil] [name]
>     \definefontsynonym	[Serif]           	[Ezra-SIL-Regular]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[SerifItalic]     	[Ezra-SIL-Italic]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[SerifBold]       	[Ezra-SIL-Bold]	[features=hebrew]
>     \definefontsynonym	[SerifBoldItalic] 	[Ezra-SIL-Bold-Italic][features=hebrew]
>   \stoptypescript
> 
>       \definetypeface	[Hebrew]	[rm][serif][ezrasil]	[default] [features=hebrew]
> 
> \textdir TRT\pardir TRT\bodydir TRT\pagedir TRT
> 
>   \usetypescript   [Hebrew]
>   \setupbodyfont   [Hebrew, 12pt]
>   
> \starttext
> בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ
> \stoptext
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> -- 
> Marc Trius <derpayatz@riseup.net>
> 
> "The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment." --- George Orwell


-- 
Marc Trius <derpayatz@riseup.net>

"The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment." --- George Orwell
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