Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ryan Clan <robert.ryan AT xtra.co.nz>]

I guess I just answered my own question. Pity about that. It's soooo easy.

Regards
Kay Christensen
New Zealand

On 05/03/2011 09:19, Ryan Clan wrote:
> Hi Dave
> In another Hebrew group I belong to, we came up with an alternative 
> method of communicating Hebrew that avoids a lot of the problems you 
> are having. It worked so well, is easy to do, and offered such 
> distinct advantages  that we all tend to rely on it. And that is, to 
> take a screenshot of the desired Hebrew text as it appears on your 
> computer, and attach it to your email as an ordinary jpg image. A 
> screenshot image should be seen below....
>
>
>
> Using images avoids the hassle with having to work with fonts, vowel 
> points, right to left, or clunky transliteration symbols etc, /*but*/ 
> for it to work the email group must permit members to send email 
> attachments, and individuals must set their email settings to send and 
> receive in html, not just plain text. I also set my emails to receive 
> attachments "inline" so that the screenshots appear in context in the 
> body of the email, rather than as a separate file. Of course, you also 
> need a screenshot program to create the images, but there are any 
> number of free programs that can be downloaded off the internet (I use 
> Screenshot Captor).
>
> Screenshots can be taken of anything you see on your screen, whether 
> that is bible software, Hebrew wordprocessing, or a webpage.  It has 
> the distinct advantage of displaying  the text exactly as you want it 
> displayed to others even with vowel points and cantillation all 
> perfectly placed. Depending on your screenshot program you can also 
> add all sorts of arrows or highlights etc to emphasize your point. The 
> screenshot above was taken from my Hebrew wordprocessor.
>
> I don't know if b-hebrew permits attachments, so I am sending this 
> email to the list to find out. Even if b-hebrew doesn't permit 
> attachments, other email groups may be okay, and it provides a useful 
> means of communicating Hebrew to individual email recipients.
>
> Regards
> Kay Christensen
> NEW ZEALAND
>
>
>
> On 05/03/2011 02:56, David P Donnelly wrote:
> > This is a test of SBL Hebrew Font
> >
> >
> > System fontSBL Hebrew font
> > ??????????????????????????????????
> >
> >
> >
> > Still trying,
> >
> > Dave Donnelly
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