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How to Install B. Hebrew Font (Mac) INSTALLING SBL HEBREW FONT (SIL) For Mac OS 1. Open Safari (or Chrome) 2. CLICK LINK Teaching Bible SBL HEBREW FONT Biblical Fonts Texts and Resources Bible Odyssey Font download (True Type Font file, v1 .56a Build 016, updated 12/15/2010) Keyboard Drivers (.zip files, updated 4/21/2008) SBL Hebrew keyboard Driver, SIL Layout (Windows) SBL Hebrew keyboard Driver, Tiro Layout (Windows) SBL Hebrew keyboard Drivers, SIL and Tiro (macOS/OS X). PASSWORD User Manuals (pdf files, updated 2/26/2008) SBL Hebrew User Manual ... Login SBL Hebrew SIL Keyboard Driver Manual Create new 12assword SBL Hebrew Tiro Keyboard Driver Manual ForgQL'{.our12assword? Join SBL To decide which keyboard layout is best for you, consult the driver manuals. Having trouble installing or using the SBL Hebrew font? Please consult our Biblical Fonts FAQ. Please donate to support Font development and other SBL projects. 3. CLICK AND DOWNLOAD HEBREW FONT FOR MAC ~r.(True Type Font file, v1 .56a Build 016, updated 12/15/2010) rs (.zip files, updated 4/21/2008) fl r·,rrl r,-iur T' C,. I U"""-1 • -- - -- • /r" \ SBL Hebrew keY.board Drivers, SIL and Tiro (macOS/0S X). User Manuals (pdf files, updated 2/26/2008) !, ,L H- t-,-.!w L 1r'!" r,1c-,,-1..-- !, ,L H- t-""•w !, "'ry~o;. rrt >r.v---r, 1111 11 f, ,L H ~ • ,·J 1ro K .ybo·1rdL•r1¥1 r ' T' 1, 1 To decide which keyboard layout is best for you, consult the driver manuals. Having trouble installing or using the SBL Hebrew font? Please consult our r 1t"lic I r or•, r Af , , _or J to support Font development and other SBL projects. 4. OPEN THE DOWNLOADED FILE CLICK CONTINUE Install Biblical Hebrew Keyboards Welcome to the Biblical Hebrew Keyboards Installer Welcome to the Biblical Hebrew Keyboards Installer v 3. • Introduction Read Me These keyboards have been designed to assist in typi g text for Biblical Hebrew. Unlike keyboards for modern He ew, Destination Select they have been designed for easy access for diacritica Installation Type marks, including vowels and cantillation marks. They ay be used with any Unicode-compatible fonts that contain Installation Hebrew character set, but they are designed especial! Summary use with SBL Hebrew. This will program will install the two Biblical Hebrew keyboards, one based on the SIL layout, and the other ased on the Tiro layout. It will also remove older versions o the keyboards to prevent conflicts. Documentation for the keyboards, as well as the SBL H font, may be found at the SBL website, www.sbl-site.or Go Back I Continue I 5. CLICK CONTINUE • Introduction You com er will restart after the installer finished. After • Read Me logging bac · , the Biblical Hebrew keyboards must be enabled throu the Keyboard > Input Sources section of the Destination Select System Preferen The option "Show input menu in menu Installation Type bar" should also be ecked. Keyboards are available in the Input Menu. Biblical rew will appear in the list in the Installation Hebrew section. Any de d keyboard should be checked. Summary After they have been enab there, they will be accessible in the upper right corner of the the menu bar. The Tiro keyboard icon is an alef, while t SIL keyboard icon is an alef with a blue diamond. Any questions, comments, or error r rts should be emailed to [email protected]. © Society of Biblical Literature, 2008-2017 Print... J Save... ) Go Back 6. CLICK INSTALL Install Biblical Hebrew Keyboards ard Install on "Macintosh HD" take 70 KB of space on your computer. • Introduction Read Me Click lnsta o perform a standard installation of this software for all users his computer. All users of this computer will Destination Select • be able to use ·s software. • Installation Type Installation Summary Install 7. CLICK RESTART heal Hebrew Keyboards ion was completed successfully. • Introduction ill now restart. After logging back in, please remember to en le the keyboards and the input menu in the • Read Me menu bar througH e Keyboards > Input Sources area of the • Destination Select System Preferences. • Installation Type Please visit the SBL we ite, www.sbl-site.org, for updates to the fonts, keyboards, an AQs. Documentation, including • Installation printable layouts for the k oards, is available in the form of manuals for the keyboards a font. • Summary Please email any problems or dback to sblfonts@sbl- site.org. Go Back 8. GO TO SYSTEM PREFERENCE, ONCE YOUR MAC RESTARTS About This Mac App Store ... 1 update Recent Items > Force Quit Finder "\"::'fr~~ Sleep Restart... Shut Down ... Lock Screen "'~Q Log Out Joey S. Woo ... 'fr~Q 9. CLICK KEYBOARD Joey S. Woo Apple ID, iCloud, Media & App ~ ,re CJ Apple ID Family Sharing • ,.. - ' Ill EC 0 Q ~. 1J General Desktop & Dock & Mission Siri Spotlight Language Notifications Screen Saver Menu Bar Control & Region [4\J ~ ~~~,,,1J ,, ;1 ~ ~ Internet Wallet & Touch ID Users & Accessib 't., treen Tim Extensions Security Accounts Apple Pay Groups & Privacy D ...J:. Software Network Bluetooth Sound Pr ters & Keyboard Trackp Mouse Update- - Sc ners ""' @ a ~17 ...... Displays- Sidecar Battery Date & Time Sharing Time Startup Machine Disk Java Perian 10. CLICK INPUT SOURCES • < :::: Keybo~•,f Keyboard Text Input Sources Dictation Key Repeat Delay Until Repeat 0 Off Slow Fast Long Short ~ Adjust keyboard brightness in low light Turn keyboard backlight off after 5 secs B of inactivity Touch Bar shows App Controls B ~ Show Control Strip Press Fn key to Start Dictation (Press Fn Twice) B Press and hold Fn key to Show F1, F2, etc. Keys B Use F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys on external keyboards When this option is selected, press the Fn key to use the special features printed on each key. Customize Control Strip ... Modifier Keys ... Set Up Bluetooth Keyboard... ? 11. CLICK + 12. TYPE "HEBREW" IN THE SEARCH BAR 13. SELECT BIBLICAL HEBREW - SIL AND CLICK ADD Browse using language and ct an input source to add: Hebrew Biblical Hebrew - SIL Biblical Hebrew - Tiro 13 Hebrew 13 Hebrew - PC l3 Hebrew - QWERTY IE HebrewTH € 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - i7 1 , n • , · g ] [ O"TWl ilv.i) "1 r n ~ u ~ l n , . / Q Hebrew 0 Cancel 14. YOU WILL SEE THE ADDED HEBREW ON YOUR LEFT ••••• ••• Keyboard Q c-earch •• < > •••• Text Shortcuts Input Sources Dictation Biblical Hebrew - SIL ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = q w e r t y u i o p [ ] \ a s d f g h j k I ; z x c vb nm,./ + - mShow Input menu in menu bar Automatically switch to a document's input source 15. OPEN MICROSOFT WORD 16. CLICK (KEYBOARD INPUT) AND SELECT HEBREW >'IT 'IT< ,r AV ~l AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEi .,.= Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title += V ◊ V \·-t-·\V 3 4 I l I I I l _L I I I I I ../ 11a U.S. ~--_BiblicalJ:iebr:e.w~s1 L ~ Show Emoji & Symbols [§ Show Keyboard Viewer Hide Input Source Name Open Keyboard Preferences ... 17. CLICK "SHOW KEYBOARD VIEWER" ~ U.S. ~ Biblical Hebrew - SIL <-= -+= >,r ,r< ....Av ~l ~ AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdEt AaBb( AaBbCcDdEE :.. ,:..: Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title Subtitle Styles Dictate 1.... 1 .,.= ~ V V •= V - Pane 2 4 6 7 I I I I I L l I I I I I I I 6 Hide Input Source Name Open Keyboard Preferences ... L 18. NOW YOU CAN TYPE IN HEBREW (WITH THE LAYOUT) X - Keyboard DV } Arial (Body ... V 12 V A' Av Aa v />~ ''A 0 • [Ql DOD . §R ~I ~>)) Paste B I V -il0- x, x' /AV ,Jlv A esc -:ct ·:Cf: '5 □ DOD F6 <J<J C>II C>C> ~ ·- ~ 1/. I:..V ® 6,_ fill€! 8) ( 0 - - ! ' - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 @ • '1 g } { ➔ I j7 I l n ] [ I .g. \U 0 "T ~ ) ii !li l ) '7 ~ I< ? n v :::1I D 1) JI ◊ T ~ l) ] I .◊ fn "\: ~ ~ "\: . _J "' APPENDIX HEBREW LAYOUT (NORMAL) BiblicalHebrew (SIL)- US Standardlayout IState: NormalI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 = ... Backspace € 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - •.• ... • .•• euro one two three four five six seven eight nine zero maqaf dagesh 20AC 0031 0032 0033 0034 0035 0036 0037 0038 0039 0030 05BE 05BC Tab w E R T y u I 0 p [ Q • l \ •... • ., •... • •... • ... .. .. .. .. .. •• •• , ... , ... ... • • ••• !J [ ] i' ••• n ••• • I qof vav segol resh tav yod qubuts hiriq holam pe bracket• bracket• paseq 05E7 05D5 05B6 05E8 05EA 05D9 05BB 05B4 05B9 05E4 005D 005B 05co Caps Lock A D F G H J K L I Enter s • • I •... • •. .. •. •. ... .• , :, •. ... 0 w l i1 w ~ • ' - • patah samekh dalet sin (dot) gimel he shin (dot) kaf lamed sheva right quote· 05B7 05E1 05D3 05E9+05C2 05D2 05D4 05E9+05C1 05DB 05DC 05B0 2019 Shift z X C V B N M I Shift t n ~ 0 :i J 0 • I zayin het tsadi tet bet nun mem comma period slash 05D6 05D7 05E6 05D8 05D1 05Eo 05DE 002c' 002E 002F Ctrl Alt Space Alt (AltGr) Ctrl word space 0020 Most letter positions are based on phonetic similarity to English * Mirrored character: some applications may reverse display, e.g. )-+ ( keyboard characters, e.g. j?=Q, "=Y. Final forms are located in the Shift state. APPENDIX HEBREW LAYOUT (HOLDING SHIFT) BiblicalHebrew (SIL)- US Standardlayout IState: SHI FT I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 = Backspace N .. J ••• ••• • •• • •• ••• • •• • •• •• •• •• ' •• •• "•• •• •• •• '•• mJ • •••• • •••• • •• ••• •• ••• •• ••• •• ••• ( ) sheqel exclamation zarqa qadma geresh gershayim iluy g. muqdam paren.. paren.. en dash 20AA 0021' 0598 05A8 o59c 059E 05AC 059D 0029 0028 2013 Tab Q w E R T y OJ) u 0 p \ ♦ ..
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