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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Alec Julien suggested I contact you about a project that I
am starting which will require manipulating Biblical Hebrew text.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In Biblical texts, there are multiple markings (such as
diacritical marks, vowels and musical notation) which appear above & below
letters (sometimes 3 or 4 per letter!). While there are scholarly fonts
that can handle this, I want to split several characters to eliminate
ambiguity, and Unicode doesn’t allow such innovation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For example, the Hebrew vowel called schva (the origin of
schwa in English) either connotes no sound or a short schwa sound after the
letter it appears under. I would like to have two different glyphs to
connote the two sounds. I would like to split some other symbols into as many
as three, each of which would have a <b>bold</b> & regular glyph.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mr Julien thought maybe TeX/LaTeX could help me around a
specific problem –that manipulating a vowel in Unicode fonts
required manipulating the whole letter & its markings at the same time,
defeating my purpose. Even changing color was impossible, as the letter and its
attendant symbols are considered a unit. Does TeX/LaTeX have the same
limitation?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Do you think my project can be undertaken using TeX/LaTeX? If
so, I’ll spend the hours trying to figure out the system while I’m
not treating patients.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>david<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>David Dubin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>545 Rutland Avenue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Teaneck, NJ 07666-2925<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(201)833-2693<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>fax (201) 541-2463<o:p></o:p></p>
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