GNU bug report logs - #36171
25.1; Emacs displays Hebrew text incorrectly

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Message #44 received at 36171 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Raoul Comninos <revrari <at> mweb.co.za>
Cc: 36171 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36171: 25.1; Emacs displays Hebrew text incorrectly
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:07:32 +0300

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> From: Raoul Comninos <revrari <at> mweb.co.za>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:58:26 +0200
> 
> Are you speaking of the default Emacs font?

Yes.

> At present I am using Dejavu Sans Mono. How would I go about
> changing the font expressly for the Hebrew display? I removed
> fonts-sil-ezra. Would I need to use the unicode-fonts package?

If you are using Dejavu Sans Mono, please try a few more fonts.  No
need to set a special font for Hebrew, just invoke Emacs like this:

  emacs -Q -fn FONT-NAME

where FONT-NAME is the name of some font you have on your system.

Also, please go to some character that precedes a circle, type
"C-u C-x =" again, and show the output here, I want to make sure you
are using the xfthb font backend.

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