Hebrew combining vowel marks

[JNord03]

Title

Hebrew combining vowel marks

Font

All Noto Hebrew fonts (Sans, Serif, Rashi)

Where the font came from, and when

Site: https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts
2022-12-20

Font Version

Sans: 2.003
Serif: 2.003
Rashi: 1.006

OS name and version

Windows 11

Application name and version

LibreOffice 7.4.2.3, Word 365

Issue

In Biblical Hebrew, vowels are represented using diacritical marks. In some cases, two vowel marks need to be assigned to a single letter (i.e. consonant). If such combinations can't be rendered, it doesn't make sense to include cantillation marks in Noto as Biblical Hebrew cannot be accurately represented.

Character data

Consider, for example, the word ירושלִַם, Jerusalem, where two vowel marks, Paṯaḥ and Ḥiriq, follow the letter Lāmeḏ.

Screenshot

Comparison of the Noto Hebrew typefaces with some other typefaces which support combining diacritics

Close-up view of the character collision

As you can see, the diacritical marks are rendered on top of each other rather than next to each other.

[JNord03]

Nvm, this post is a duplicate of #12 .