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SIL Hebrew Font System Download (Obsolete)
Ezra and Unicode
This SIL Hebrew Font System is a pre-Unicode or “legacy” font system. It provides a means of working with biblical Hebrew texts in an encoding created by SIL in 1995. These fonts are superceded by Unicode-encoded Hebrew fonts, such as Ezra SIL.
The transliteration fonts in this package were made obsolete with the advent of Latin Unicode fonts, available with any newer OS. Only a keyboard is helpful (not required) for typing Hebrew transliteration. See last item in Ezra SIL package or Hebrew-Greek Transliteration Unicode Keyboard for Macintosh for two examples.
SIL Hebrew Font System Pages (Obsolete)
Related Packages
Some tools and resources for character input
Other Resources
A number of other software packages are needed for use with the SIL Hebrew Font System.
To All Users: Do not download this software without first reading this first.
If you wish to continue after reading the above, you should now obtain and install the following (free) software:
Free Adobe Acrobat Reader- Tavultesoft Keyman (for Windows Users, no longer free)
- SILKey 1.2 (for Macintosh Users)
- Getting StuffIt Expander (for Macintosh Users that do not have a decoder already. See Macintosh instructions below.)
Select one of the following platforms to continue with download instructions:
The Windows Package (Obsolete)
We recommend you browse this information before you download the package.
The SIL Hebrew Font System is a self-extracting archive. To download,
- Download SILHEB11.EXE now.
 | SIL Hebrew Font System (self-extracting archive) NRSI staff, 1999-06-30 Download "SILHEB11.exe", Windows application, 2MB [37105 downloads] |
- After the download is complete, use File Manager or Explorer to select the drive icon where the SILHEB11.EXE file is located.
- Find SILHEB11.EXE in the directory window and double-click on it.
- Once the files are decompressed, look in the newly created SILHEB10 directory in the Doc directory for the Installation Guide (Install.pdf).
- To all Users: Print out and follow the instructions in this document to install.
This is the end of the download instructions for Windows.
The Macintosh Package (Obsolete)
We recommend you browse this information before you download the package.
The SIL Hebrew Font System is a self-extracting archive. The download file will be either a MacBinary (.bin) or BinHex file (.hqx). Use Stuffit Expander or a similar utility to decode the file. Hopefully, your web browser already has one. If you’re not sure, try downloading the package first. If it doesn’t decompress (create a folder named “SIL Hebrew v1.0”), here is a site with instructions for getting one Getting Stuffit Expander.
- Click on one of the links below to download:
 | SIL Hebrew Font System (MacBinary) NRSI staff, 1999-06-30 Download "SILHebrew10_sea.bin", MacBinary file, 1MB [9423 downloads] |
 | SIL Hebrew Font System (BinHex encoded) NRSI staff, 1999-06-30 Download "SILHebrew10_sea.hqx", BinHex 4 file, 2MB [5553 downloads] |
- If your utility has not already decompressed the contents of the archive, double-click on it. This will create a new folder on your hard drive named “SIL Hebrew v1.0”.
- Look in this folder in the Documentation v1.0 folder for the Installation Guide (Install.pdf). Follow the instructions in this document to install the full SIL Hebrew Font System.
This is the end of the download instructions for Macintosh.
Downloading and Installing the Macintosh GX Package (Obsolete)
This package has been removed. It was only usable on Macintosh 7 or 8 with special GX applications. It is now obsolete.
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