Thanks for the offer. But how does a Tahoma hebrew font look like? I might just as well give it a try. :)
--- Alec McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried that page under XP. Opera, Avant and IE7 > (Beta 1) display the > page correctly, and copying from them into OO 2.0 > works correctly. > > Firefox (1.5.0.3) does not display it correctly, but > if I copy the text > from it into OO, OO displays it correctly. > > The text displays legibly in Firefox if I switch off > the Page Style > (View ... Page Style ... No Style). This loses the > fancy layout, but the > Hebrew text appears correctly. > > Alec McAllister > University of Leeds > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:59 PM > > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [users] Copying Hebrew text from > Browser > > > > > > On 5/4/06, Mhac Janapin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm using OOo 2.0.2 in Slackware Linux 10.2 > > > > > > I wanted to copy and paste contents from this > page: > > > > > > http://tanakhml2.alacartejava.net/cocoon/tanakhml/d11.php2xml?sfr=15&p > > > > rq=11&psq=1&lvl=99&pnt=tru&acc=tru&dia=tru&enc=heb > > > > > > I already installed the required font > (SBR_Hebrew.ttf) > > > in OOo using spadmin. I also have it in my > system. > > > > > > However, the font does not appear to be > supported by > > > OOo because: > > > 1) It produces sans serif font instead of the > hebrew > > > font when typing using that font from the > drop-down > > > menu. > > > 2) When I copy it from my browsers (mozilla and > > > konqueror-- which by the way displays the font > > > correctly), and pasted it in OOo writer, all I > get is > > > ??????? or garbled letters. > > > > > > Any hints? > > > > > > > I found the problem- the site is using ISO-8859-1 > encoding > > and doing funky things with it, instead of using > UTF-8 > > encoding. It was probably written with some > Microsoft tool. > > I'm surprised that it passes validation. I can > copy and paste > > form the site, but the vowels are not lined up > properly with > > the letters. In any case, if you want the Tahoma > Hebrew font > > (my personal favorite) then I can send it to you. > > > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
