Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ hebrew font with fontspec

[Arieh]

I am learning how to use polyglossia and fontspec to write texts in Hebrew, English and possibly other languages. I do not seem to succeed getting the Hebrew font (at this point I do not care which Hebrew font). I tried with other Hebrew fonts as well. I looked at
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions ... ect=1&lq=1
but this does not seem to work.

I am working on Ubuntu 14.04

Here is a M(N)WE:

minimal working example
And here is the message I got:

! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
!
! The font "Cardo" cannot be found.
!
! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H <return>.
!...............................................
l.3 \setmainfont{Cardo}
%SBL BibLit; Linux Libertine O; Cardo
|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| A font might not be found for many reasons.
| Check the spelling, where the font is installed etc. etc.
|
| When in doubt, ask someone for help!
|...............................................
.................................................
. fontspec info: "no-scripts"
.
. Font Cardo does not contain any OpenType `Script' information.
.................................................
\g_fontspec_family_Cardo_int=\count123
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!
! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
!
! The font "Cardo" cannot be found.
!
! See the fontspec documentation for further information.
!
! For immediate help type H <return>.
!...............................................
l.3 \setmainfont{Cardo}
|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
| A font might not be found for many reasons.
| Check the spelling, where the font is installed etc. etc.
|
| When in doubt, ask someone for help!
|...............................................
.................................................
. fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
.
. Could not resolve font Cardo/B (it probably doesn't exist).
.................................................
.................................................
. fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
.
. Could not resolve font Cardo/I (it probably doesn't exist).
.................................................
.................................................
. fontspec info: "no-font-shape"
.
. Could not resolve font Cardo/BI (it probably doesn't exist).
.................................................
.................................................
. fontspec info: "defining-font"
.
. Font family 'Cardo(0)' created for font 'Cardo' with options [].
.
. This font family consists of the following shapes:
.
. * 'normal' with NFSS spec.:
. <->"Cardo:"
.................................................
! Font EU1/Cardo(0)/m/n/10=Cardo: at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or
installed font not found.
<to be read again>
relax
l.3 \setmainfont{Cardo}
I wasn't able to read the size data for this font,
so I will ignore the font specification.
[Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.]
You might try inserting a different font spec;
e.g., type `I\font<same font id>=<substitute font name>'.

How do I get the

[thomasb]

It's working here, what's wrong with you ?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Arieh,

welcome to the forum!

Those errors just say that the Cardo font cannot be found, it is probably not installed. you can get it from here:

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cardo

I guess it's more an Ubuntu question for now, since you need to find and install a Hebrew font for Ubuntu first. Then we can continue with LaTeX.

Stefan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could also install the package texlive-lang-hebrew in addition:

apt-get install texlive-lang-hebrew

Perhaps also

apt-get install texlive-lang-other

Or via software management on Ubuntu, such as Synaptic. I have Ubuntu at home too, to test later, just not now here at work.

Stefan

[Arieh]

Thanks to Stefan's suggestions:
- I first installed the package texlive-lang-hebrew by

sudo apt-get install texlive-lang-hebrew

- Then I downloaded the Cardo font using the provided link and installed the files in /home/user/.fonts

- Then I compiled again the same MWE by xelatex, the font was apparently found but it said:

!Latex error: \begin{otherlanguage} on input line 12 ended by \end{document}

Any clue ?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You need to have an \end{otherlanguage},

Stefan

[thomasb]

Here :

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  \documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{fontspec} 
  \setmainfont{Cardo} 
  \usepackage{polyglossia}
  \setdefaultlanguage{english}
  \setotherlanguage{hebrew}
  \newfontfamily\hebrewfont[Script=Hebrew]{Cardo}
  \begin{document}
  This hebrew text is Gen.1:1 from BHS\\
  \RL{בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים}\\ % result: misplaced vowels & diacritics
  \begin{hebrew}
    \RL{בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים}
  \end{hebrew}\\ % result: right placed vowels & diacritics 
  Text again.
  \end{document}

[Arieh]

Many thanks to Stefan and thomasb.
So I understand that you have to either use \end{otherlanguage} or finish the document by using the main language of the document (which sounds logical).