[Biblical-languages] FL 4.6 glyph errors in Hebrew template font
(Unicode)
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biblang at ntresources.com
Mon Oct 6 08:51:38 EDT 2003
In the template font that FL uses to display characters in slots not yet
defined (the gray cells), there are several serious errors in the two Hebrew
ranges. (The following is based on Unicode 4 charts.)
In the Hebrew range (0590-05FF), the following glyphs are in the wrong
positions (reversed):
05D8, Hebrew letter tet
05DA, Hebrew letter final kaf
In the Alphabetic Presentation Forms range (FB00-FB4F), the following glyphs
are in the wrong positions (reversed):
FB23, Hebrew letter wide he
FB25, Hebrew letter wide lamed
Also in the Alphabetic Presentation Forms range the following glyphs are
incorrect (correct slot, incomplete glyph):
FB2A, FB2B, FB2C, FB2D: none of these show the shin/sin dot, which makes the
forms indistinguishable from each other and from other similar glyphs (e.g.,
05E9, FB49)
FB4B, does not have the holam dot, which makes it indistinguishable from vav
[05D5]
Even though this is only a template font intended as a general guide to
character positions (not as glyph design standards), lacking these dots
makes the intended purpose impossible.
(Cross-posted to FontLab forum and Biblical-Languages list.)
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Rodney J. Decker, Th.D., Assoc. Professor/NT
Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA, USA
URL: www.NTResources.com
PURL: purl.oclc.org/NT_Resources/
Email: <rdecker> at <NTResources.com>
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