Re: Back to Hebrew, was OT:darn'd fools

From: Karljürgen Feuerherm (cuneiform@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 09:11:21 EDT

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    Well, that was precisely the question. Are we talking about a mere
    preference of visual effect or an actual difference in (original) text--that
    is, an intended semantic differentiation?

    K
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Jony Rosenne" <rosennej@qsm.co.il>
    To: <unicode@unicode.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:18 AM
    Subject: RE: Back to Hebrew, was OT:darn'd fools

    > The most reasonable way to achieve visible effects, as opposed to
    difference
    > in text, is by markup.
    >
    > Jony
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
    > > [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Joan_Wardell@sil.org
    > > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 10:31 PM
    > > To: unicode@unicode.org
    > > Subject: Back to Hebrew, was OT:darn'd fools
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > I would really rather know whether there's any fundamental
    > > Masoretic rationale for encoding holem>waw any differently
    > > from waw-holem....
    > >
    > > I think the question was asked earlier whether the holem
    > > comes before or after the waw in holem-waw. I have been told
    > > that there was no visible difference between holem-waw and
    > > waw followed by holem in the original texts. However, after
    > > checking Emanuel Tov's plate of the Leningrad codex (p.392),
    > > it is clear to me that holem is clearly on the right of the
    > > waw, yet not over the preceding consonant. This lends
    > > credence to those of us who are BHS fans and would like to
    > > see a visible difference between holem-waw and waw-holem. The
    > > most reasonable means of achieving this is to encode the
    > > holem before the waw when it is holem-waw. The font designers
    > > can choose how they render this and the users can pick their
    > > preference by picking the font. Or eventually by setting a
    > > user feature, if this is ever incorporated into major software.
    > >
    > > Let's not go backwards by unencoding holem-waw.
    > >
    > > Joan Wardell
    > > SIL
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
    >

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