[HAIFUX LECTURE] Placing the Dots: On the Technical Challenges and Cultural Aspects of Typesetting Hebrew Vowel-Marks - Zvi Gilboa

[Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda]

On Monday, August 20th at 18:30, Haifux will celebrate a Bar-Mitsva and
gather to hear Zvi Gilboa talk about:

   Placing the Dots: On the Technical Challenges and Cultural Aspects of
Typesetting Hebrew Vowel-Marks

Abstract

This lecture will discuss the challenges presented by Hebrew vowel marks
(nikud) with respect to glyph-placement and kerning in (La)TeX and under
Linux, as well as the various approaches to date to meet these challenges,
and likewise the cultural aspects of their causes and implications.

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We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instructions see:
http://www.haifux.org/where.html

Attendance is free, and you are all invited!

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Future lectures:

03/09/12 The Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) Cloud: Orna Agmon  Ben-Yehuda
24/09/12 FOSS for production of goods (tentative title) - Yael Vaya-Talmor
15/10/12 Adding colors to Kademlia - Gil Einziger
29/10/12 Israeli DIgital Rights NPO - Zvi Devir (the first talk of the
semester)


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We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to
give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be
interested in, please contact us at webmaster at haifux.org
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-- 
Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
http://ladypine.org
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