We haven't really tested the Hebrew support on Os/2 yet. There is probably
a lot we could do, but we haven't.

Mike

Stan Goodman wrote:

> I invite whoever is interested to view the pages at
> http://www.anastesontai.com/. There are two problems in the rendering,
> which I believe to be related. The site contains the full Masoretic
> text of the Bible, in Hebrew, including vowels (which are the root of
> the problem).
>
> 1) Go to a page of Hebrew text. Note that the vowel points (the little
> marks above and below the line of characters) occupy their own
> character spaces, as though they were independent characters, which
> they are not. They should appear as diacritical marks above or below
> the character to the right of each (i.e. the preceding character --
> Hebrew being written from right to left).
>
> 2) The Hebrew text extends considerable beyond the limits of the frame
> in which it belongs. I believe this is because of the extra space
> devoted spuriously to the vowel points (see the paragraph above).
>
> Granted that the matter of placing the vowel points as diacritics is
> difficult, it must be possible, for it is a certainty that the author
> of the page did not intend to display it as Mozilla displays it.
> Unhappily, he has neglected (or taken the precaution) to include his
> email address in his pages, so I cannot discuss the matter with him. I
> suppose, however, that he is using some flavor of Windows and, in the
> manner of Windows users the world over, assumes that everybody can see
> what he sees.
>
> A Windows user has assured me that the rendering he sees is exactly
> what it should be, not as I describe above.
>
> I am using v.0.9.5; The font for Hebrew pages is Times New Roman MT30.
>
> --
> Stan Goodman
> Qiryat Tiv'on
> Israel
>
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