BUG: Ugaritic on iPad
Hi there,
I'm trying to read Peter Craigie's Ugarit and the Old Testament on my iPad, and it can't render the Ugaritic characters. Is there a way to change the font? The Ugaritic looks fine on my laptop.
Thanks in advance.
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Can you post a screenshot of the same page on your laptop? My suspicion is that your iPhone doesn't have the font to display the characters.
george
gfsomselיְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
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Hi George,
Should've done that to begin with, I suppose. Here's how it looks on my laptop. I know that iOS is quite restrictive in not allowing users to add fonts to the operating system, but app developers can use their own fonts from what I understand. I assumed since Logos has Ugaritic resources it would support them on iOS. So, I'm not sure if it's a development issue (maybe I'm the first one trying to read cuneiform in Logos on an iPad??) or if I need to somehow change font settings within the app.
Thanks!
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The display is as I suspected. I don't know how I managed to miss this resource since I have almost everything dealing with Ugaritic. I still think the lack of the proper font is the problem. If anything this confirms it. When the OS lacks the proper font it makes a guess as to what would most nearly fit.
george
gfsomselיְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
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George, does Ugaritic cuneiform show up in your other resources on an iPad or iPhone? Maybe there is an issue with this resource specifically.
It does seem odd that this book isn't part of the Ugaritic library, but you can get it individually or in a bundle with a couple of OT Intros (http://goo.gl/d2n6Te).
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Good idea. Thanks!
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George, does Ugaritic cuneiform show up in your other resources on an iPad or iPhone? Maybe there is an issue with this resource specifically.
It does seem odd that this book isn't part of the Ugaritic library, but you can get it individually or in a bundle with a couple of OT Intros (http://goo.gl/d2n6Te).
No, I use a "dumb" phone. [:)]
george
gfsomselיְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
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Bump.
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Oh wow. I checked the Ugarit on my iPod (same resource; Craige) and the replaced image is ALSO the UFO guy image (last seen in Roswell, I think). Maybe there's more to the issue than we thought?
(And what kind of font has UFO drawings where ugarit would position at?).
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Oh wow. I checked the Ugarit on my iPod (same resource; Craige) and the replaced image is ALSO the UFO guy image (last seen in Roswell, I think). Maybe there's more to the issue than we thought?
(And what kind of font has UFO drawings where ugarit would position at?).
Wingdings?
george
gfsomselיְמֵי־שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן
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I'm trying to read Peter Craigie's Ugarit and the Old Testament on my iPad, and it can't render the Ugaritic characters. Is there a way to change the font? The Ugaritic looks fine on my laptop.
Ugarit is currently not supported on mobile devices.
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