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From: chrism@cirrus.com (Christopher Metcalfe)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Hebrew on the Macintosh, an update.
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.200701.7315@cirrus.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 20:07:01 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.223438.14939@mendelson.com>
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Reply-To: chrism@ss186 (Christopher Metcalfe)
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In article <1991Jun11.223438.14939@mendelson.com> gsm@mendelson.com (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) writes:
>About a month ago I posted a request for information about Hebrew word
>processors for the Macintosh. The response was quite overwhelming.
>
>
>I am almost ready to post a summary, but I lack the following:
>
>
>     1. A U.S. address for a distributor of "Rav-K'tav", if there is one.
>
>     2. Information on the Hebrew Version of Nissus. 
>
>     3. Any information on Wintext. 

Davka Corporation in Chicago is the distributer of Rav-K'tav, Hebrew NISUS, Hebrew Wintext, and 
several other Hebrew word-processing packages.

I've checked with several sources in the US and Israel, and they concure that Hebrew NISUS is
the most feature-laden Hebrew Word Processor.  I followed up with Davka and found out that the
current release does not support vowel-pointing.  This is a serious ommission in a $495 
tool.  Another release is due at the end of the year, but no promises could be made on the
inclusion of vowel pointing.

Davka offers a catalog full of type-1 Hebrew PostScript fonts that are very beautiful.

The also offer the HebrewDAvka desk accessory.  This little window allows you to type
in up to five lines of Hebrew, and then cut-and-paste it into your favorite word processor.
It works with all of their fonts.  Again, there is no support for vowel pointing, but at
$69 it offers almost the same functionality as the NISUS package (leveraging the investment
in your current word processor).  I use it with MS-Word and it works fine.

-- Chris Metcalfe