On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n...> wrote:

> In article <AANLkTinO+-rABef7x7Et1y14LbePwJ4LbduVQMeT66SK@mail...<AANLkTinO%2B-rABef7x7Et1y14LbePwJ4LbduVQMeT66SK@mail...>>,
> Amit Aronovitch <aronovitch@gmai...> writes:
>
> > Checking the  *Hebrew* diacritics (nikkud), I noticed a problem:
> > In some cases the diacritics are displayed in the wrong position (their
> > "real" cursor position is correct, which makes the UI *very* confusing).
> > e.g. if you type "=E2=80=AB
> =D7=A2=D6=B8=D7=9C=D6=B5=D7=99=D7=A0=D7=95=D6=
> > =BC=E2=80=AC" , the Qamatz (first vowel) appears under the
> > space instead of under the Ain (first letter). If you remove the space,
> the
> > Qamatz does not appear at all. The Zeire (second vowel) appears under the
> > Ain (first vowel) instead of the Lamed (second letter). However, the
> Shuruk
> > sticks to the Vav (last letter) as it should (though the positioning is
> too
> > close and to high IMHO).
> > I do not know if this issue is specific to my build.
>
> I think it is specific to your Hebrew font.  Please tell me
> which font is selected by typing C-u C-x = on some Hebrew
> character.


Thanks for your reply.

Here is the output:

        character: ל (1500, #o2734, #x5dc)
preferred charset: iso-8859-8 (ISO/IEC 8859/8)
       code point: 0xEC
           syntax: w  which means: word
         category: .:Base
      buffer code: #xD7 #x9C
        file code: #xD7 #x9C (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix)
          display: composed to form "לֵ" (see below)

Composed with the following character(s) "ֵ" using this font:
  xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans-normal-normal-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-0-iso10646-1
by these glyphs:
  [0 1 1500 1328 8 1 7 11 0 nil]
  [0 1 1461 1299 0 3 6 -1 2 nil]

Character code properties: customize what to show
  name: HEBREW LETTER LAMED
  general-category: Lo (Letter, Other)
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I do not think I have any font-related customization in my .emacs (this is
the default choice on my system).

Any tips on which fonts I should use (and how to set them up)?

    Amit