[Leibel]

I downloaded a Hebrew font from the internet. The font appears in the list of fonts in Word. When I select that font and start typing, the font automatically defaults to Times New Roman and types accordingly. I tried the same with an English font, and it worked fine. I tried a different Hebrew font and the same problem occurred. If I make a selection and change the style so that the font is this new Hebrew font, then the font comes up as it is supposed to. When I try to then type with the new style, Word defaults back to Times New Roman. Changing the Normal and Normalpara styles does not do anything. However, it should anyway be unnecessary to change the Normal style to get a font to work.

The Hebrew font works fine in Notepad.

I have Windows 8.1 and Office 2007.

What is happening is that for any new Hebrew font, MS Word does not let you type in the new font, but defaults to Times New Roman.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much!

[Peter T. Daniels]

Have you installed the Hebrew IME in Windows?

I assume these are proper Unicode Hebrew fonts, and not fonts that simply
use A-Z with Hebrew shapes.

On Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:03:56 AM UTC-4, Leibel wrote:

I downloaded a Hebrew font from the internet. The font appears in the
list of fonts in Word. When I select that font and start typing, the
font automatically defaults to Times New Roman and types accordingly. I
tried the same with an English font, and it worked fine. I tried a
different Hebrew font and the same problem occurred. If I make a
selection and change the style so that the font is this new Hebrew font,
then the font comes up as it is supposed to. When I try to then type
with the new style, Word defaults back to Times New Roman. Changing the
Normal and Normalpara styles does not do anything. However, it should
anyway be unnecessary to change the Normal style to get a font to work.

The Hebrew font works fine in Notepad.
I have Windows 8.1 and Office 2007.
What is happening is that for any new Hebrew font, MS Word does not let
you type in the new font, but defaults to Times New Roman.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Leibel]

Thank you for your response.

These are fonts specially designed for the Hebrew. I believe that Hebrew does not require a dedicated IME, though I did install the Hebrew Language Pack.

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

Have you installed the Hebrew IME in Windows?

I assume these are proper Unicode Hebrew fonts, and not fonts that simply
use A-Z with Hebrew shapes.

On Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:03:56 AM UTC-4, Leibel wrote:

I downloaded a Hebrew font from the internet. The font appears in the
list of fonts in Word. When I select that font and start typing, the
font automatically defaults to Times New Roman and types accordingly. I
tried the same with an English font, and it worked fine. I tried a
different Hebrew font and the same problem occurred. If I make a
selection and change the style so that the font is this new Hebrew font,
then the font comes up as it is supposed to. When I try to then type
with the new style, Word defaults back to Times New Roman. Changing the
Normal and Normalpara styles does not do anything. However, it should
anyway be unnecessary to change the Normal style to get a font to work.

The Hebrew font works fine in Notepad.
I have Windows 8.1 and Office 2007.
What is happening is that for any new Hebrew font, MS Word does not let
you type in the new font, but defaults to Times New Roman.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Peter T. Daniels]

"Hebrew Language Pack" is a term from long, long ago -- there's no such
thing any more in Windows 8.1.

Before the invention of Unicode, Hebrew fonts had to be treated as if
they were funny-looking roman alphabets, and you had to type backwards.
But for the past 20 years or so, computers have been able to deal with
the right-to-left scripts (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.) very naturally. You
just have to tell your computer that you'll be using Hebrew (but I don't
know how you do that in Windows 8.1).

On Saturday, September 13, 2014 2:42:50 PM UTC-4, Leibel wrote:
Thank you for your response.

These are fonts specially designed for the Hebrew. I believe that Hebrew
does not require a dedicated IME, though I did install the Hebrew
Language Pack.

Peter T. Daniels;495519 Wrote:
Have you installed the Hebrew IME in Windows?
I assume these are proper Unicode Hebrew fonts, and not fonts that
simply use A-Z with Hebrew shapes.

On Thursday, September 11, 2014 5:03:56 AM UTC-4, Leibel wrote:
I downloaded a Hebrew font from the internet. The font appears in the
list of fonts in Word. When I select that font and start typing, the
font automatically defaults to Times New Roman and types accordingly.
I tried the same with an English font, and it worked fine. I tried a
different Hebrew font and the same problem occurred. If I make a
selection and change the style so that the font is this new Hebrew
font,
then the font comes up as it is supposed to. When I try to then type
with the new style, Word defaults back to Times New Roman. Changing
the
Normal and Normalpara styles does not do anything. However, it should
anyway be unnecessary to change the Normal style to get a font to
work.
The Hebrew font works fine in Notepad.
I have Windows 8.1 and Office 2007.
What is happening is that for any new Hebrew font, MS Word does not
let you type in the new font, but defaults to Times New Roman.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.-

[Leibel]

Done all that, but to no avail. Thank you for trying to help.

Originally Posted by Peter T. Daniels

"Hebrew Language Pack" is a term from long, long ago -- there's no such
thing any more in Windows 8.1.

Before the invention of Unicode, Hebrew fonts had to be treated as if
they were funny-looking roman alphabets, and you had to type backwards.
But for the past 20 years or so, computers have been able to deal with
the right-to-left scripts (Hebrew, Arabic, etc.) very naturally. You
just have to tell your computer that you'll be using Hebrew (but I don't
know how you do that in Windows 8.1).

[Michael Tardie]

Originally Posted by Leibel

Thank you for your response.

These are fonts specially designed for the Hebrew. I believe that Hebrew does not require a dedicated IME, though I did install the Hebrew Language Pack.

After you upgrade to Windows 8.1, language packs that were installed before the upgrade are no longer available. You can still switch to the keyboard layout of the languages that were installed before the upgrade. However, the only available display language is the base language version of the Windows installation. In some cases, you cannot reinstall the language packs or change the display language of Windows.

See: Language packs are no longer available... at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2910256

You may have to reinstall the language packs. I hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Michael Tardie