Re: Problem with vocalised hebrew

[Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>]

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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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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.

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Rik


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