Hebrew FAQs
Using Hebrew in Accordance
Q: Where is the keyboard layout for Yehudit?
A: The Character palette in the Window menu lets you enter each character and see its keystroke. The Accordance Fonts PDF has full information on each font with a keyboard layout chart.
Q: How can I use the Israeli keyboard layout for Yehudit?
A: Select this option in the Preferences>Greek & Hebrew.
Q: Where are the vowels and cantillation marks in the Israeli keyboard?
A: The vowels require you to press caps lock and the number keys. The other diacriticals are in the option and shift-option positions.
Q: How can I quickly switch between English and Hebrew in the Edit window?
A:
- To use the Copy Styles you do not need to set the new styles that you want to copy or save. You only need to click inside any part of the text (in any window) that is already in the style you want to copy.
- Use the keyboard shortcuts Command-[ to copy and Command-] to paste the styles.
- If you are inserting Hebrew in a text that is basically English, the following routine is useful:
- Click in Hebrew text, Command-[ to copy the style
- To change to Hebrew, type an extra space in English, press left arrow to go back a space, Command-] to paste style.
- To return to English, click the mouse to the right of the last line, beyond the extra space, and continue in English.
Exporting Hebrew from Accordance
Q: Can I export the Hebrew in Yehudit font?
A: You can export Hebrew text from Accordance as Yehudit by copy and paste, drag and drop, or saving the file as text and opening in an English word processor. The lines will be reversed so that the text reads from right to left, but can only be entered or edited from left to right. Be sure the set the length of the line by adjusting the width of the text pane in Accordance, as the text will not wrap correctly after export.
Q: Can I convert the Hebrew for another software or system?
A: Set the export options in Preferences>Greek & Hebrew to Unicode or to another font that is supported by the other software such as those from Linguist's Software, SBL, or Hebrew WorldScript. See the Unicode page.
Q: Does Yehudit work in the old Hebrew operating system and the Nisus word processor with Hebrew extension?
A: Yehudit works as a right-to-left font only in Accordance. You can export Hebrew to Hebrew WorldScript so that it will read and work correctly in an old Hebrew word processor. The export setting applies whether the text is exported by copy and paste, drag and drop, or saving as text.
Q: Can I remove the vowels or other marks?
A: Yes, there are several levels of "stripping" available for Hebrew export in the Preferences.
Q: Which word processors support right to left entry of Hebrew with Unicode?
A: Mellel is good for Mac OS X, and Word for Windows.
Copying Hebrew into Accordance
Q: Can I copy Unicode Hebrew into Accordance?
A: Yes, in version 8, Unicode characters that are supported in our fonts will be converted back into our fonts when you paste them.
Q: I have documents with Hebrew in other non-Accordance fonts, can these be converted into Yehudit?
A: Text written in Linguist's Software fonts can be converted to Accordance fonts when pasted into the AccordIt utility. macBible fonts (from Zondervan) use the same "mapping" as Linguist's Software.