Re: Problem with vocalised hebrew

[Lutz Haseloff <lutz.haseloff@toppkieker.info>]

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Thank you very much Rik,
your settings for EzraSIL are working nicely for my favorite font Narkisim.
Thanks again
Lutz

Am 15. Dezember 2017 19:09:09 MEZ schrieb Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>:
>On 2017-12-15 06:45, Lutz Haseloff wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> i would like to typeset hebrew with context.
>> My not fully working example:
>>
>> \starttext
>> \definedfont[name:narkisim at 20pt]
>> \setupalign[r2l]
>> טְרוֹפוֹתִי
>> \stoptext
>>
>> In the resulting pdf the vocalisations are on the left side of the 
>> glyph, instead of being centered.
>> I append the result of context and the result of Libreoffice.
>>
>> Is there a way to typeset vocalised hebrew with context or am I doing
>
>> something wrong?
>>
>> Greetings Lutz
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>>
>>
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>Depending on the font, correct niqqud placement requires some 
>combination (sometimes all) of the following font features: lang, ccmp,
>
>and script. For Ezra SIL, I would use
>
>    \definefontfeature [hebrew] [oldstyle] [
>       lang=heb,
>       ccmp=yes,
>       script=hebr,
>    ]
>    \starttext
>    \definedfont[name:EzraSIL*hebrew at 72pt]
>    \setupalign[r2l]
>    טְרוֹפוֹתִי
>    \stoptext
>
>while for David_CLM the script feature suffices:
>
>    \definefontfeature [hebrew] [oldstyle] [
>    % lang=heb,
>    % ccmp=yes,
>       script=hebr,
>    ]
>    \starttext
>    \definedfont[name:David_CLM-medium*hebrew at 72pt]
>    \setupalign[r2l]
>    טְרוֹפוֹתִי
>    \stoptext
>
>You will have to find what works for narkisim.
>
>-- 
>Rik

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