Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 13/02/2005 17:36, Jim West wrote:

> Hi-
> tell them to go here:
>
> http://www.tavultesoft.com/keyman/
Precisely. If these students are using Windows 2000 or XP with Word 2000 
or later, they don't need any special fonts, but only a suitable 
keyboard driver. Unfortunately the only Hebrew keyboard which comes with 
Windows is based on the Israeli layout, which is unhelpful for those 
with other labels on their keys. But Keyman offers an alternative 
keyboard based on transliteration.

However, the students will need special fonts, rather than the Microsoft 
standard ones, if they want good results with pointed  Hebrew. Pointed 
Hebrew is legible in Times New Roman, Arial etc, but the point holam is 
wrongly positioned. So it makes a lot of sense to use SBL Hebrew as 
recommended by Yitzhak, which comes with its own keyboarding solutions.

In fact a special keyboard is not necessary for including just a few 
words of Hebrew. These can be inserted from the Word Insert Symbol 
dialog, with no special software required.


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