Dear Gareth,<div><br></div><div>Many thanks! This works perfectly, and I've learned something new!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Adam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Gareth Hughes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garzohugo@gmail.com">garzohugo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Dear Adam,<br>
<br>
I've been thinking of writing a XeLaTeX package for Syriac that would<br>
deal with this and other issues.<br>
<br>
I would choose one Syriac font as my main Syriac font (Serto in your<br>
case), and others as exceptions. Then use polyglossia to set up the main<br>
Syriac font, thus:<br>
<br>
\usepackage{polyglossia}<br>
\setmainlanguage{syriac}% or use \setotherlanguage if your main language<br>
is something other.<br>
\newfontfamily\syriacfont[Script=Syriac]{Serto Jerusalem}<br>
<br>
Then you need some code to set up Estrangelo:<br>
<br>
\newfontfamily\estrangelofont[Script=Syriac]{Estrangelo Edessa}<br>
\newcommand{\textestrangelo}[1]{\textsyriac{\estrangelofont #1}}<br>
\newenvironment{estrangelo}{\begin{syriac}\estrangelofont}{\end{syriac}}<br>
<br>
Now, you have a command, \textestrangelo{ܫܠܡܐ}, that will render<br>
Estrangelo text, and an environment,<br>
\begin{estrangelo}...\end{estrangelo}, for longer pieces of text.<br>
<br>
Have fun,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Gareth.<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Adam McCollum wrote:<br>
> Dear list members,<br>
><br>
> I'm working on a document with Syriac text and I need to use two<br>
> different fonts. As some of you probably know, there are three different<br>
> scripts used for Syriac; I am mostly using Serto, but I also need to put<br>
> a few things in Estrangela. I suppose there is a way to do this, but I<br>
> don't know what it is.<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance for any help!<br>
><br>
> Adam McCollum<br>
<br>
<br>
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