Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

I'm using Microsoft WIndows 98. I don't know what a
browser is, sorry.
LIz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Peter Kirk
> Sent: Sat, May 03, 2003 11:27 AM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] font problem
>
>
> My copy of SPTiberian is also full of squares (as I find from
> Character Map)
> but that shouldn't be the problem. What OS and browser are
> you using? I have
> little experience outside Windows and IE, although I wish I
> didn't have to
> rely on them
>
> Peter Kirk
> peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
> http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lisbeth S. Fried
> > Sent: 03 May 2003 15:22
> > To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] font problem
> >
> > Dear Peter,Maurice, etc.
> > I am still having font problems.
> > It turns out I did have SPTiberian already.
> > But anyway, I replaced it with the version from Biblica
> > and was able to see Hebrew on my screen. However
> > when I tried to print out the article, my computer froze.
> > I have to delete the font in order to get outlook to run.
> > I then downloaded it from the AAR site (I couldn't from the SBL
> > site for some reason).
> > When I look at the font there are little squares here and
> > there, where I think letters should be. Also there is a
> > problem with the aleph (I think). I tried to print out the
> > font's test page, and it froze just before printing the aleph
> > (I think).
> > Any suggestions? Is the font supposed to have little squares in it?
> > I'm going to all this trouble just to print out an article that
> > purposely
> > ignores my excursus in Milgrom (Grrr).
> > Liz
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Peter Kirk
> > > Sent: Fri, May 02, 2003 6:07 PM
> > > To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] " The Jubilee ": Oops!
> > >
> > >
> > > Recent versions of Internet Explorer, the ones which have
> > > proper Hebrew
> > > support built into them, tend not to like it when people try
> > > to undermine
> > > all their hard work and continue to use old kludges like
> > > SPTiberian. Could
> > > that be the problem? Solution: use the built-in Hebrew
> > > support like the rest
> > > of the world.
> > >
> > > Actually this is probably not the problem with this
> > > particular article. The
> > > Hebrew words appear more or less correctly in IE6, unpointed
> > > apart from shin
> > > dots which is probably what was intended. It is the pointing
> > > in the kludges
> > > which causes problems.
> > >
> > > Peter Kirk
> > > peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
> > > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> > > > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Maurice A. O'Sullivan
> > > > Sent: 02 May 2003 22:49
> > > > To: Lisbeth S. Fried
> > > > Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > > Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] " The Jubilee ": Oops!
> > > >
> > > > At 21:37 02/05/2003, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I don't know if a Hebrew font is used in the article,
> > > > >but if so that might be the problem. The font Biblica uses
> > > > >is SPTiberii, and I saw that not all the letters were
> there in my
> > > > >version,
> > > > >and there was garbage in places.
> > > >
> > > > Liz:
> > > >
> > > > AFAICG, you are confusing two things: how the document
> > > appears in your
> > > > browser, and how it prints out. Just to read it, your
> > > browser needs to be
> > > > configured to read the fonts which are embedded in the
> > > on-line document,
> > > > but to print it out you need the font installed in your
> > > fonts folder on
> > > > your hard disk ( pardon me, but all this is Windows talk --
> > > I can't help
> > > > if
> > > > you're using a Mac )
> > > >
> > > > The Hebrew font used in this article is SPTiberian, and it
> > > displays in my
> > > > browser, and prints out fine both from my browser (
> > > Netscape 7.02 ) and
> > > > imported as a .HTML file into Word 2002
> > > >
> > > > >I tried to download the font again, and still got garbage
> > > in those slots.
> > > > >Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > To allow your browser display the Hebrew font you must have
> > > it configured
> > > > to allow the use of embedded fonts. In Netscape, I must
> > > check the box
> > > > labelled  " Allow documents use other fonts " i.e display
> > > embedded fonts.
> > > > Whichever browser you're using, you should find something
> > > analogous in the
> > > > "Fonts" section of your settings.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >However, I didn't notice Hebrew in the article when I
> > > scrolled through
> > > it,
> > > > >so I don't know if that's the problem.
> > > >
> > > > This tells me that your browser is not configured properly
> > > ( or else of
> > > > elderly vintage ! )
> > > >
> > > > I trust this is of some help.
> > > >
> > > > BTW, the SPTiberian font is available from the SBL
> web-site: go to
> > > > ftp://ftp.sbl-site2.org/fonts/
> > > > and click on Windows or Mac as required.  Be sure to d/l
> > > the .readme file
> > > > as well as the actual font file.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Maurice
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
> > > > mauros AT iol.ie
> > >
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