Keyboard Map of SPTiberian, a public domain Hebrew/Aramaic font
Created by: Jimmy Adair, Scholars Press
Last modified: 15 April 1999
Modification 1998FEB18: remove all vowels for final kaf except
qamets, shewa
add
single-word abbreviation mark
add
sub-linear dots & circles for ms transcription
1998JUL14:
minor graphical correction
1999Apr15: add
Western accent marks
add
atnah
add distinct dagesh for tsade
add
square brackets
Description: SPTiberian exists in both Macintosh and Windows
versions, both with the same character and keyboard maps. By
design, all characters in the font lie between decimal 32 and 127
(20x-7Fx, 040-0177), so they should transfer without problem over
the Internet. The font is
designed to follow the
Michigan-Claremont encoding scheme (see
<a
href="http://purl.org/TC/TC-translit.html#Hebrew">
http://purl.org/TC/TC-translit.html#Hebrew</a>) to as great
an
extent as possible, though the vowel points have multiple forms to
allow for proper placement with wide characters, narrow
characters, and final kafs (and nuns).
The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by
vowel points and then by other signs.
Please note the distinction between upper and lower case in "key to
push"; all shifted keys are so indicated.
Also, note that vowels that are designed for wide characters (most
letters) are all unshifted, whereas the corresponding vowels for narrow
characters (gimel, waw, zayin, yod, nun) are shifted. Vowels that go with the final kaf (and nun) are mostly mapped to
numbers. A few differences may exist
among keyboards for some shifted keys (e.g., is " shift-' or
shift-2 ?), so people with different keyboards will have to make the proper
adjustments.
character description
key to push
alef
) ) (shift-0)
bet
b b
gimel
g g
dalet
d d
he
h h
waw
w w
zayin
z z
het
x x
tet
+ + (shift-=)
yod
y y
kaf-initial/medial
k k
kaf-final
K K (shift-k)
lamed
l l
mem-initial/medial
m m
mem-final
M M (shift-m)
nun-initial/medial
n n
nun-final
N N (shift-n)
samek
s s
ayin
( ( (shift-9)
pe-initial/medial
p p
pe-final
P P (shift-p)
tsade-initial/medial
c c
tsade-final
C C (shift-c)
qof
q q
resh
r r
sin/shin (without dot)
# #
taw
t t
patah (wide char) a
a
patah (narrow char)
A A (shift-a) - also furtive patah
qamets (wide char)
f f
qamets (narrow char)
F F (shift-f)
qamets (final kaf)
1 1 (one)
hireq (wide char)
i i
hireq (narrow char) I I
(shift-i)
segol (wide char)
e e
segol (narrow char)
E E
sere (wide char)
‘ ' (single quote)
sere (narrow char)
“ " (double quote, shift-')
holem (wide char)
o o
holem (narrow char)
O O (shift-o) - also Mas abbrev, number mark
qibbuts (wide char) u u
qibbuts (narrow char)
U U (shift-u)
shewa (wide char)
; ; (semi-colon)
shewa (narrow char)
: : (colon, shift-;)
shewa (final kaf)
7 7
hatef-patah (wide char)
j j
hatef-patah (narrow char) J J
(shift-j)
hatef-segol (wide char)
v v
hatef-segol (narrow char)
V V (shift-v)
hatef-qamets (wide char)
/ / (forward slash)
hatef-qamets (narrow char)
? ? (shift-/)
sin dot
& & (ampersand, shift-7)
shin dot
$ $ (dollar sign, shift-4)
dagesh (wide char)
@ @ (shift-2) - also mappiq
dagesh (narrow char)
% % (shift-5) - also shureq dot
dagesh (yod)
, , (comma)
dagesh (alef)
^ ^ (caret, shift-6)
dagesh (tsade)
= = (equal sign)
rafe (wide char)
{ { (left brace, shift-[)
rafe (narrow char)
} } (right brace, shift-])
maqqef
- - (hyphen)
sof pasuq
. . (period)
meteg (wide char)
\ \ (backslash)
meteg (narrow char)
| | (virgule, shift-\)
West accent (wide char)
0 0 (zero)
West accent (narrow char)
2 2
atnah (wide char) 3
3
atnah (narrow char)
4 4
dash
_ _ (underscore, shift--)
paseq, vertical stroke
! ! (exclamation mark, shift-1)
space
space
Special characters for Masoretic notes
single-word abbreviation
` ` (grave accent)
multi-word abbreviation
~ ~ (tilde, shift-`)
circule (wide char)
G G (shift-g)
circule (narrow char)
H H (shift-h)
Special characters for manuscript transcription
sub-linear dot (wide char)
Q Q (shift-q) - damaged character
sub-lin dot (narrow char)
W W (shift-w) - damaged character
sub-lin circle (wide char)
R R (shift-r) - uncertain character
sub-lin circle (nar char)
T T (shift-t) - uncertain character
left bracket
[ [ (left bracket) - reconstructed text
right bracket
] ] (right bracket) - reconstructed text