With "ancientgreek" selected, XeTeX hyphenates :

        Τῆ Εʹ τῆς ΚΑʹ ἑβδο<supplied>μάδος

as

        Τῆ Ε-ʹ τῆς ΚΑʹ ἑβδο<supplied>μάδος

i.e., between the Ε-majuscule and the number sign "ʹ". A greek scholar tells me this should not occur. Could the hyphenation team comment, please ?

\def \normalfonts
     {%
        \font \bodyfont = "Palatino Linotype"
        \font \italicbodyfont = "Palatino Linotype/I"
        \font \latinfont = "Palatino Linotype/I"
        \font \hebrewfont = "Arial Unicode MS"
        \font \headfont = "Arial Unicode MS/B:color=BF0000"
        \font \runningheadfont ="Arial Unicode MS/B:color=BF0000"
        \let \englishfont = \bodyfont
        \let \greekfont = \bodyfont
        \let \italicgreekfont = \italicbodyfont
        \bodyfont
     }  
        
\xmlinlineelement {language:Greek}{\uselanguage {ancientgreek} \ifitalic \italicgreekfont \else \greekfont \fi}{}

<foreign language="Greek">Τῆ Δʹ τῆς ΚΑʹ ἑβδο<supplied>μάδος</supplied></foreign>: Gal 1:18–2:5; p.≈131, col.~2, line~5-p.≈132, col.~2, line~21: <foreign language="Greek">Τῆ Εʹ τῆς ΚΑʹ ἑβδο<supplied>μάδος</supplied></foreign>: Gal 2:6–16; p.≈132, col.~2, lines~22–25: <foreign language="Greek"><supplied>Παρασκευῇ τῆς ΚΑʹ ἑβδομάδος</supplied></foreign>

Philip Taylor

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