Hebrew and final kap

davidfgarrett · Post by **davidfgarrett** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:44 pm

Can anyone tell me how to type a final kaph with a shwa or a qamets placed where a dagesh would go?

eleuteruiz · Post by **eleuteruiz** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:06 pm

I think it depends on the font you are using.
With SBL Hebrew or Cardo I just type a normal qamets or shwa after final kaf and it is located there (where it has to).

Or perhaps I am misunderstanding your question...

davidfgarrett · Post by **davidfgarrett** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:18 pm

Yes, please allow me to clarify my question. If after a final kap I type a shwa, it appears subscripted, beneath the letter. What I am trying to do is create a kap like you see at the end of מלך (king) in the Hebrew Bible. In that case, rather than being subscripted, the shwa is where a dagesh would normally appear, embedded as it were in the letter itself, nestled into it rather than under it. Thanks!

davidfgarrett · Post by **davidfgarrett** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:29 pm

eleuteruiz, you were right on. I needed SBL Hebrew. Yehudit and other fonts, such as Lucida Grande, etc, would not do this. Problem solved; thanks much for your help.

DG

eleuteruiz · Post by **eleuteruiz** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:30 am

jannuss · Post by **jannuss** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:55 pm

davidfgarrett wrote:eleuteruiz, you were right on. I needed SBL Hebrew.

All the fully OpenType fonts do it correctly
Cardo
Ezra SIL
Ezra SIL SR
etc.

Janet

davidfgarrett · Post by **davidfgarrett** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:38 pm

Isn't Lucida Grande an open-type font? I can use it to write in Hebrew but not with correct final kaphs.

rpcameron · Post by **rpcameron** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:14 pm

davidfgarrett wrote:Isn't Lucida Grande an open-type font? I can use it to write in Hebrew but not with correct final kaphs.

No, Lucida Grande is not an OpenType font. It may have AAT tables, but no OpenType tables are present. I'm not aware of any OpenType fonts that ship standard with OS X.

davidfgarrett · Post by **davidfgarrett** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:28 pm

Ah so, I was confusing Open-type with Unicode. Thank you for your help...