Hebrew OpenType specification

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Hebrew OpenType Specification

Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Hebrew script
This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for all Hebrew script languages covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1. Font developers will learn how to encode complex script features in their fonts, choose character sets, organize font information, and use existing tools to produce Hebrew fonts. Registered features of the Hebrew script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Hebrew layout tables for OpenType fonts.
This document also presents information about the Hebrew OpenType shaping engine of 'Uniscribe', an operating system component responsible for text layout.
In addition to being a primer and specification for the creation and support of Hebrew fonts, this document is intended to more broadly illustrate the OpenType Layout architecture, feature schemes, and operating system support for shaping and positioning text.

Contents

Terms
How the Hebrew shaping engine works
Features for the Hebrew script
Other encoding issues
Appendix

Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation.
© 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Microsoft, MS, Windows, NT, MS Word and OpenType are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Hebrew OpenType Specification

Microsoft Typography | Developer information | Specifications | OpenType font development



	Microsoft Typography \| Developer information \| Specifications \| OpenType font development

	Hebrew OpenType Specification



		Creating and supporting OpenType fonts for the Hebrew script This document presents information that will assist font developers in creating fonts for all Hebrew script languages covered by the Unicode Standard 3.1. Font developers will learn how to encode complex script features in their fonts, choose character sets, organize font information, and use existing tools to produce Hebrew fonts. Registered features of the Hebrew script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Hebrew layout tables for OpenType fonts. This document also presents information about the Hebrew OpenType shaping engine of 'Uniscribe', an operating system component responsible for text layout. In addition to being a primer and specification for the creation and support of Hebrew fonts, this document is intended to more broadly illustrate the OpenType Layout architecture, feature schemes, and operating system support for shaping and positioning text. Contents Terms How the Hebrew shaping engine works Features for the Hebrew script Other encoding issues Appendix Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Companies, names, and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. © 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, MS, Windows, NT, MS Word and OpenType are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.


	Hebrew OpenType Specification

	Microsoft Typography \| Developer information \| Specifications \| OpenType font development