[sword-devel] Hebrew font

[David Troidl]

Hi Philip,

On 2/28/2013 9:42 PM, Philip K wrote:
>
> I recently converted the OSMHB crosswire.org module to OSIS XML 
> format.  I would like to know what font should be used to display the 
> text in Hebrew?
>
Converting a SWORD module is not recommended.  You can download the 
original source files from here
https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb/tree/master/wlc
>
> Currently the XML file is full of text such as this:
>
> <w lemma="strong:H7225">×'ְּרֵ×?ש×?Ö´Ö--×^(TM)ת</w>
>
What you are seeing is an encoding mismatch, probably trying to display 
UTF-8 as ANSI.  If you change the encoding in your text editor, it 
should show up fine.
>
> Can someone provide details on how to interpret and/or render the 
> characters to Hebrew?
>
As for a font, I would recommend SBL Hebrew:
http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/BiblicalFonts_SBLHebrew.aspx

Peace,

David
>
> Thank you.
>
> Philip
>
>
>
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