goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) (06/08/91)
In <1991Jun7.172841.24781@cs.sfu.ca> mcfet@cs.sfu.ca (Paul McFetridge) writes: >A friend would like to prepare a book for camera >ready copy. To do so, he requires a Hebrew font for >an ibm pc. I have seen mention of such many times >but have not made note of them. Could someone >recommend one by e-mail. This type of question comes up from time to time in sci.lang, and it's really a logical place to ask. To give a decent answer, though, you need to hand out a brief resume of a) your machine type b) operating system & version c) intended hardcopy output device(s) d) word processing or typesetting software e) video device (e.g. for PC users, do you have a VGA? EGA?) Questions you must ask yourself before posting are: 1) where do I want the font to appear (on screen, on hardcopy, etc.) 2) what range of font-types are acceptable You have to ask the first question first because (unless you are on a NeXT or something) it is likely that screen and printer output devices will need different fonts. Do you want both fonts? One? You also have to ask what sort of font you want. E.g. if you are doing Hebrew, is Rashi script OK? Do you need cantillation marks? Vowel points? Do you want a standard or more liturgical type font? The hardest part is deciding where you'll get the best results posting. Try 1) a group dedicated to your wp, typesetter, or page-description lang 2) a group dedicated to the language or culture whose script you use If all else fails, then 3) post to sci.lang With regard to your query: You really need to answer the first set of ques- tions I listed above. The answer will depend a great deal on what operating system you run (probably DOS), what video device you use (VGA?), on what prin- ter you plan on utilizing (HP? PostScript?), & on what sort of font would be acceptable. I hope this helps. -- -Richard L. Goerwitz goer%sophist@uchicago.bitnet goer@sophist.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!gide!sophist!goer
yogi@cs.ubc.ca (Joseph Gil) (06/09/91)
There was a free font called Shalom in postcript/TeX(??) format loaded recently to ymir.