Re: SBL BibLit Font in Pandoc export

["Pablo Rodríguez" <oinos-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org>]

On 12/21/22 22:56, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> After looking around more, I found that adding the following YAML to my
> markdown file seems to make the Hebrew and Greek appear when I do a
> Latex/Xetex --> PDF export with Pandoc. However, I can only get Everson
> Mono or Lucida Sans Unicode to format the Hebrew appropriately. So far,
> other fonts that have the Greek and Hebrew fonts (e.g., Calibri, Times
> New Roman, etc.) do not format the Hebrew correctly. The vowel points
> are off.

Hi Stuart,

I don’t think the fonts you mention may have the required glyphs.

> However ... if I use the Pandoc to docx converter, it formats
> just fine. I am suspecting it has something to do with the Latex / Xetex
> exporting.

XeTeX (LuaTeX or the TeX engine you use) has to find the font. And I’m
afraid that this is the missing part.

You may have installed it on your OS, but the fontname database needs to
be update (sorry, I don’t know how to do it [I use ConTeXt instead]).

> Do I need something else in my YAML to handle the Hebrew
> better? The text of my document is usually a mix of English, Hebrew, and
> Greek.

I would write (otherwise it is impossible to get other mainfont than
Everson Mono):

  mainfont: SBLBibLit

To check whether the font is known to ConTeXt, you may compile the
following source with "context file-name.tex" (or the file name you want):

  \definefontfeature[minimal][default][
      ccmp=yes,
      script=hebr
  ]
  \definefontfamily[hebrew] [rm] [SBL Hebrew] [features=minimal]
  \definefontfamily[newhebrew] [rm] [SBLBibLit] [features=minimal]
  \setupbodyfont[hebrew]
  \setupalign[r2l]
  \starttext
  \startTEXpage[offset=1ex]
      בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
  \\\newhebrew
      בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
  \stopTEXpage
  \stoptext

Just in case it might help,

Pablo

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