[XeTeX] patach furtivum in biblical hebrew

[Ron Aaron]

On Thursday 16 September 2010 07:41:03 David Purton wrote:
> hum! You can tell whether a font supports contextual alternates with
> otfinfo. e.g.,
> 
>     $ otfinfo --script=hebr -f SBL_Hbrw.ttf
>     calt    Contextual Alternates

This works (using xetex, not xelatex):

\input eplain
\TeXXeTstate=1

\font\sbl="SBL Hebrew:script=hebrew,language=IWR,+calt" at 18pt
\sbl

\beginR הַכֹּהֵ֧ן הַמָּשִׁ֛יחַ \endR

\bye



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