Fw: [almost OT] Music score with RTL lyrics

[Werner LEMBERG]

This ongoing discussion on the unicode list might be of interest for
some of you, especially the remark how to use the maqaf character
instead of a hyphen between Hebrew syllables.


    Werner
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> Re: [almost OT] Music score with RTL lyrics
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> Thu, 02 Mar 2006 19:34:25 +0200
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> Andreas Prilop wrote:
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> > What happens with the five special glyphs used normally only
> > at the end of a word? Are they also used at the end of a syllable
> > when a word is broken up?
> In Hebrew, most definitely not. As a native speaker, a final letter at the end 
> of a (not last) syllable would probably confuse me, leading me to think that's 
> the end of the word. (Of course, that's not my only way of determining a word's 
> ending, since only a handful of Hebrew letters have final forms.) You should 
> probably follow the example[1] of the lyrics I've posted in my previous message 
> and put a HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF after every syllable which is not the final 
> syllable. The MAQAF should go to the left of the syllable (that is, in the 
> regular RTL order). In English lyrics, the HYPHEN might take a similar function.
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> Obviously, you should use a final letter in the last syllable of a word, just 
> as you'd do when the word isn't broken into syllables.
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> [1] http://www.betar.org.il/music/005.jpg
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