Re: [NTG-context] Hebrew vowel placement in ConTeXt. (Rik Kabel)
Thank you very much for the reply. I switched to ConTeXt standalone and now it is working. Best, Michael This works: \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes] \setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext בְרֵאשִ֖ית בָרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ \stoptext BTW what is the \definefontfamily syntax that would work with \setupbodyfont in the new post-simplefonts era? Best, Michael PS Just FYI here is what I had been working with: What platform are you using, what version of Ezra SIL SR (likely 2.51,
but worth asking)?
I am using linux (ubuntu 14.04) fonts-sil-ezra package Package fonts-sil-ezra: i 2.51-8 trusty 500 (I presume this means version 2.51.) I am using the current ppa:reviczky/context-daily version of context: ConTeXt ver: 2014.03.25 16:58 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.1 int: english/english Here is the error message that I was receiving (when I include "script=hebr"): <+ /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.lua>)error: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua:805: attempt to call upvalue 'getprop' (a nil value)
May I bump?
The following code used to work, but now it gives an error:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\definefontfeature[hebrew][default][mode=node,script=hebr,language=dflt,mark=yes,ccmp=yes]
\setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext ?????????? ?????? ????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???????? \stoptext
The following variant (without "script=hebr") compiles but the vowels are misplaced (not centered below the letters), which "ccmp=yes" (see http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/features_ae.htm#ccmp) is supposed to request:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\definefontfeature[hebrew][default][mode=node,language=dflt,mark=yes,ccmp=yes]
\setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext ?????????? ?????? ????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???????? \stoptext
The problem in definefontfeature seems to be that the feature "ccmp=yes" is not taking effect, and the feature "script=hebr" generates an error.
Thank you very much for your advice.
Michael
Michael,
Sorry to say, no problem here with your example, and trimming the second line even further to
\definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes]
still produces results with no errors and proper nikkud alignment (run on a system running Windows 8.1 x64 and ConTeXt standalone 2014-04-28 standard and jit).
Similarly, no problem with traditional font definition without simplefonts.
On 2014-05-03 17:16, Michael Ash wrote:
Thank you very much for the reply. I switched to ConTeXt standalone and now it is working.
Best, Michael
This works:
\usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes] \setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext ?????????? ?????? ????????? ???? ?????????? ?????? ???????? \stoptext
BTW what is the \definefontfamily syntax that would work with \setupbodyfont in the new post-simplefonts era?
Best, Michael
As to the by-the-way, see message 56606 http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg56606.html in the list archive. This is not the post-simplefonts solution, but the pre-simplefonts solution. It does allow much better control over all of the fonts that make up the typeface (using ConTeXt terminology). The example shows what to do to set a document that is primarily Hebrew (or other RtL script). If you want to mix directions, bidi may be a better choice than the setupalign of the example. If you use bidi, I suggest \setupdirections[bidi=on,method=two]. I find that without method two, there is a problem with punctuation. In particular, the comma in some text {\heb *????*}, some more text gets set before, not after, the hebrew text. If you set only some Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic, and especially if you do not need font variants (bold, italic, ...) you might prefer to define a single font. I have used: \definefontfeature [aramaic] [default] [ccmp=yes, script=hebr] \definefont [aramaic]%% KeterYG from http://culmus.sourceforge.net/taamim/ [KeterYG-Medium.ttf*aramaic sa 1] \setupdirections [bidi=on=,method=two] \starttext English {\aramaic ???? ???} English again. \stoptext I do note as well that there is a problem in the example in the linked message. It looks to me like the order of components is beth/shva/dagesh (for the first letter (and beth/qamatz/dagesh for the first of the second word), which ConTeXt sets incorrectly. When the order is changed to beth/dagesh/qamatz-or-shva, they are set correctly. If you use vim, the command ga will show the decomposition of the character components. Here are the two versions of that letter, first in the order that sets correctly: ??? and then in the order that does not: ??? -- rik
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