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Hebrew Rashi Typeface
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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צוּרָה הֶדַּף (tsurá hadáf) — «original» shape of the page? #3

Open ctrlcctrlv opened 2 years ago

ctrlcctrlv commented 2 years ago

Originally this project was part of an attempt to create a free version of the Hebrew Talmud, as PDF files, while keeping the original page's shape (known as 'Tzurat Hadaf').

I believe this in the README is a factual error. There is no reason to think that the shape of the Schottenstein Talmud (“Art Scroll Talmud”, “Rashi-style Talmud”, many other names besides) is original, however pleasing to the eye its typography may be, any more than there is reason to think the KJV1611 is the “original” presentation of the New Testament.

Certainly there were מַסֶּכְתּוֹת‎ (masekhtot) before Schottenstein, certainly even מַהֲדוּרוֹת הֶתַלמוּד (mahadurot haTalmud, Talmudic editions) as well, so this cannot be correct.

eliheuer commented 2 years ago

Thanks Fred! I'll redo the README soon and fix this.

ctrlcctrlv commented 2 years ago

no problem :) beautiful font btw

dfeuer commented 2 years ago

Fred - "Tzurat hadaf" is a colloquialism of course, and reflects the printers layout of the Widow Romm and brothers printing of the shas from Vilna. I'm ok with removing it from the Readme, but the mekorot font was originally made for that purpose - to recreate that layout.

dfeuer commented 2 years ago

To be clear, we can remove the word "original", since to Fred's point, it was not. @eliheuer I'm happy to rewrite that paragraph if you'd like!

eliheuer commented 1 year ago

Thanks, for now I'm just going to remove the word "original". This copy was taken from the the SourceForge Archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mekorot/

eliheuer commented 1 year ago

If anyone has some better copy, please post it here, my Hebrew skill are minimal.