doc:en:tips
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| |{{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/Ff101.png}}|Ff101|a non standard sign, horizontal space filler. Use it to render various meaningless horizontal sign the scribe may use to fill voids.| | |{{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/Ff101.png}}|Ff101|a non standard sign, horizontal space filler. Use it to render various meaningless horizontal sign the scribe may use to fill voids.| | ||
| - | JSesh includes also specific signs for numbers in hieratic texts. In those texts, the "determinative" Z1 is often smaller than the "digit" Z1. Careless rendering might cause to be read hrw 3 whereas the original has , which is clearly hrw 2. | + | JSesh includes also specific signs for numbers in hieratic texts. In those texts, the "determinative" Z1 is often smaller than the "digit" Z1. Careless rendering might cause {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/hrw3.png}} to be read hrw 3 whereas the original has {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/hrw2.png}}, which is clearly hrw 2. |
| - | Sign layout | + | |
| + | ===== Sign layout ===== | ||
| Use the various "ligature" capabilities of JSesh, and if everything else fails, go for the "group editor". | Use the various "ligature" capabilities of JSesh, and if everything else fails, go for the "group editor". | ||
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| A few interesting points: | A few interesting points: | ||
| - | In the group "M17-M17", the signs should often be closer than the standard spacing of JSesh allows (actually, this is already stated by sir A. Gardiner in the catalogue of his fonts). If one writes i*i:k (that is, two yod grouped horizontally, and a "k" below them), the group JSesh creates is . To obtain the better layout: is simple: you only need to ligature the two yods (type "i" "&" "i", for instance). | + | |
| + | In the group "M17-M17", the signs should often be closer than the standard spacing of JSesh allows (actually, this is already stated by sir A. Gardiner in the catalogue of his fonts). If one writes i*i:k (that is, two yod grouped horizontally, and a "k" below them), the group JSesh creates is {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/pAyk2.png}}. To obtain the better layout: {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/pAyk1.png}} is simple: you only need to ligature the two yods (type "i" "&" "i", for instance). | ||
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