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Welcome to Jonathan (Jony) Rosenne's Hebrew Page

Hebrew Browsers

Several browsers support standard ("logical") and legacy ("visual") Hebrew:

•   Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  Microsoft Internet Explorer includes Hebrew support in the common release.

•   Firefox.

  Firefox includes Hebrew support in the common release. Versions are available for Windows, Linux, Macintosh and other systems.

  • Download the latest build

•   Mozilla.

  Mozilla includes Hebrew support in the common release. Versions are available for Windows, Linux and Macintosh.

  • Arabic/Hebrew (Bi-Di) Language Enabling Status Update

  • Download the latest build

•  Netscape.

  Netscape 6.1 includes Hebrew support.

  • ISOC-IL Announcement

  • Netscape download page (choose Netscape 6 Series).

  • The released version for Mac is broken. As an alternative, download the Release Preview for Mac

Hebrew Standards: There are two sources for Hebrew standards, international standards and Israeli national standards. Mostly they are parallel.

Typing Hebrew Points (Niqud) in Windows and Word.

Hebrew fonts including Niqud and Teamim (points and cantillation marks).

Samples:

Article: Typesetting with Niqud and Teamim - Typesetting the Holy Bible in Hebrew, with TEX, by Yannis Haralambous, 1994.

Test your browser:

• Hebrew with Niqud (points). Try various fonts and sizes.
• Hebrew text. Try changing the size of the window; Cutting and pasting to your word processor.
• HTML 4 "Bidi" attributes in action. Clicking "Switch" dynamically changes the DIR attribute of the page from RTL to LTR.

Some history - Hebrew on the IBM 1401.

Gimatria - The Hebrew numbering system.

The Hebrew Alphabet and Standard Codes

Hebrew Fonts for the World Wide Web

Hebrew Keyboard Layout

Why is it so difficult to write Hebrew? An article explaining the complexities of Hebrew text processing (in Hebrew). There are two versions:

• Logical -- for users of the Hebrew version of Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Visual -- for users of Netscape, other browsers and non-Hebrew versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer with Hebrew "webfonts"

Israel Government Internet Committee Hebrew page (in Hebrew).

Microsoft's explanation - Middle Eastern Language Issues (in English).

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Please send your comments to Jonathan (Jony) Rosenne, rosennej@qsm.co.il