Re: XeTeX and/or LuaTeX?

["J.A.J. Pater" <jajpater@gmail.com>]

Thanks very much Hans!

I will start reading everything about fonts next week.

> 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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