J.A.J. Pater wrote:
> I've already send a mail in reply to Hans, but it was to big since I 
> attached the TTF.
> I don't know if the moderator will approve of posting fonts.
> But it can also be found on the web: 
> http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=EzraSIL_Home
> So the moderator can drop my last mail, it was to extensive anyway.
> Installed on my computer [Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10] 
> /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-sil-ezra/SILEOT.ttf
> 
> I got the font working by adapting the ara-sty from 
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Arabic_and_Hebrew to heb-sty (attached)
> I also adapted the example from the above link (attached as test.tex).
> I ran it with the minimals.
> 
> Issues I still have:
> I don't know how to use Hebrew and Latin text next to each other.
> I don't like the font I get with \setlatin
> I don't want every word on a new page
> I don't have the faintest clue as to what I'm doing inside of heb-sty.
> 
> What's important for me is to use hebrew text inside of latin text.
> I'd like to be able to do things like:
> 
> \starttext
> This is the word for peace: \hebrew[שלם].
> Isn't that what we all wish for?
> \stoptext
> 
> Many thanks to Hans and Mojca!
> 
> Adriaan.
> 
> P.S. If you're interested in what I don't get in ara-sty casu quo heb-sty:
> 
> 1. \mainlanguage[hebrew]
> The wiki: "Sets the main language to hebrew, so that translatable titles
> are translated to Arabic."
> What exactly does "translatable titles" mean in this senctence?
> The main language of my document is in Latin.
> 
> 2a. Why all the following stuff:
> 
> \starttypescript [serif] [hebrew] [name]
> \usetypescript[serif][fallback]
> \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Ezra SIL] [features=hebrew]
> \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Ezra SIL] [features=hebrew]
> \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Ezra SIL] [features=hebrew]
> \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Ezra SIL] [features=hebrew]
> \stoptypescript
> 
> 2b. What does serif mean?
> 
> 3. I don't get the defining of the directional commands either.
> 
> 4. I absolutely don't get what I'm doing here
> 
> \definestartstop
> [hebrewpar]
> [commands=\Hebrew\HebrewParDir]
> 
> \define[1]\RT
> {{\Hebrew\HebrewTextDir#1}}

attached a more efficient variant

btw:

= there will be a more high level par direction text dir changer
= you can use the hebrew font also for latin
= you can combine fonts into one font *using teh font fallback mechanism)


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