[jsword-devel] Hebrew in BD

[DM Smith]

Daniel,

This is good to hear. I had just tested the program (both what's in  
SVN and the latest build) and I could not reproduce the problem. I was  
starting to figure out scenarios for you to test.

Based upon what you said, my guess is that your desktop shortcut is to  
version 1.0.7 which does not support fonts specified in the module's  
conf.

DM

On Feb 14, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Daniel Owens wrote:

> DM,
>
> I take back what I wrote. I realized that for some reason (unknown  
> to me) when I launch BD from a link to application on my desktop it  
> seems to load with different settings. When I launch it from a  
> terminal, the latest nightly build and Hebrew displays properly.  
> Sorry for the confusion. It must be something on my system.
>
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Owens wrote:
>>
>> DM,
>>
>> That's great. I'm glad that feature is up and running. I tried it  
>> out, and it
>> makes it much easier to work with multiple languages.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> DM Smith wrote:
>> > Sigh!
>> > I didn't know this. It should not be the case. I'll look into it.
>> >
>> > By the way, there is a new feature in the nightly builds where  
>> you can
>> > set the font for books either on a per language basis or on a per  
>> book
>> > basis. This will override the setting in the module's conf if  
>> that is
>> > present.
>> >
>> > Open Tools -> Books and go to Installed Books. Then click on a  
>> Language
>> > or a Book to activate the Font button. Selecting a font for a  
>> Language
>> > is not on a per book type.
>> >
>> > DM
>> >
>> > Daniel Owens wrote:
>> >
>> >> Again, not sure if you want to know this (maybe you already  
>> do!), but
>> >> here goes.
>> >>
>> >> Today I downloaded the nightly build and compared the rendering of
>> >> Hebrew using the Ezra SIL font. I noticed two things between the  
>> two
>> >> nightly builds:
>> >>
>> >> 1. Rendering of Hebrew fonts
>> >>     - The 20080209 nighly build rendered Hebrew correctly in  
>> that the
>> >> vowel pointing was in the right place
>> >>     - The 20080211 nighly build doesn't render the pointing  
>> correctly
>> >> 2. Taking fonts from the conf file
>> >>     - The 20080209 nighly build took the font from the conf file  
>> for
>> >> modules in which the font is specified (For example, "Font=Ezra  
>> SIL"
>> >> or "Font=Gentium"). This worked not just for the WLC module but  
>> also
>> >> the MorphGNT module.
>> >>     - The 20080211 nighly build uses the same font for all  
>> modules.
>> >>
>> >> You may be aware of this, but since I use Hebrew regularly I  
>> thought I
>> >> would be an advocate for it and affirm that the 20080209 nightly  
>> build
>> >> was more readable/usable with regard to Hebrew.
>> >>
>> >> Daniel
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