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I need to write an abstract in Hebrew.

With help I managed to get the next MWE to work (I use LuaLaTeX):

documentclass[12pt]{article}

usepackage[english,bidi=default]{babel} %bidi=default with xelatex

babelprovide[import,main]{hebrew}



babelfont{rm}[Language=Default]{Latin Modern Roman}

%babelfont[hebrew]{rm}{DejaVu Sans}

babelfont[hebrew]{rm}[Language=Default]{DejaVu Sans}

%babelfont[hebrew]{rm}[Language=Default]{David} -Not Working: Does not contain script Hebrew

%babelfont[hebrew]{rm}[Language=Default]{DejaVu Serif}-Not Working: Does not contain script Hebrew



%babelfont[hebrew]{rm}{Noto Sans Hebrew}



usepackage{setspace}

setlengthheadheight{15pt}

usepackage[a4paper,top=25mm,bottom=20mm,outer=2.5cm,inner=4cm]{geometry}

pagenumbering{gobble}



begin{document}

doublespacing



begin{center}

Huge

textbf{תקציר}

סתם

end{center}



end{document}

However, the font looks like an 'Arial' font:

while I need it to look like a 'David' font:

I do not know how to find the right font that won't produce errors. I am a real novice regarding all the TeX technicalities.

Simply changing 'DejaVu Sans' to 'David' produced a warning that Font 'David' does not contain script 'Hebrew', and the generated pdf showed wierd symbols instead of the Hebrew letters.

Can someone please give a step by step explanation how to get the right font working?

There are a few different free versions of David on the Web. A good resource is the Open Siddur project. Here, I use David CLM from the Culmus project, but you might also try David Libre. For the matching English font, I picked TeX Gyre Bonum, a clone of Bookman.

documentclass[12pt]{article}

usepackage{fontspec}

usepackage[bidi=default, english]{babel}

usepackage{parskip}



babelprovide[import, main]{hebrew}



defaultfontfeatures{ Ligatures = TeX, Scale = MatchUppercase }

babelfont{rm}[Scale = 1.0, Ligatures = Common, Language = Default]{TeX Gyre Bonum}

babelfont{sf}[Ligatures = Common, Language = Default]{TeX Gyre Heros}

babelfont{tt}[Language = Default]{Inconsolata}

babelfont[hebrew]{rm}[Language = Default]{David CLM}

babelfont[hebrew]{sf}[Language = Default]{Miriam CLM}

babelfont[hebrew]{tt}[Language = Default]{Miriam Mono CLM}



% This prevents the minipage environment from suppressing the space between

% paragraphs.  You could also save parindent to keep paragraph indentation, but

% this example alternates right-to-left and left-to-right paragraphs.

makeatletter

newlengthsavedparskip

setlengthsavedparskip{parskip}

newcommand{@minipagerestore}{setlength{parskip}{savedparskip}}

makeatother



begin{document}

begin{minipage}{10cm} % To fit both RTL and LTR text inside a TeX.SX image.

section*{תקציר}



ניסוי ותהייה, או ניסוי וטעיה?

foreignlanguage{english}{(We shall see.)}



begin{otherlanguage}{english}

some text foreignlanguage{Hebrew}{בעברית}

end{otherlanguage}

end{minipage}

end{document}

Here is an alternative with David Libre and polyglossia. It falls back on David CLM for the italic styles. It also demonstrates how to set Hebrew sans-serif and monospace fonts.

documentclass[12pt]{article}

usepackage{fontspec}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{parskip}



setdefaultlanguage{hebrew}

setotherlanguage{english}



defaultfontfeatures{ Ligatures = TeX, Scale = MatchUppercase }

setmainfont{TeX Gyre Pagella}[

  Scale = 1.0 ,

  Numbers = OldStyle ,

  Ligatures = {Common, Discretionary}]

%setsansfont{URWClassico}[

%  UprightFont = *-Regular ,

%  ItalicFont = *-Italic ,

%  BoldFont = *-Bold ,

%  BoldItalicFont = *-BoldItalic ,

%  Extension = .otf ]

%setmonofont{Inconsolata}

newfontfamilyhebrewfont{David Libre}[

  Script = Hebrew ,

  Language = Hebrew ,

  UprightFeatures = { Ligatures = {Common, Discretionary} } ,

  BoldFeatures = { Ligatures = {Common, Discretionary} } ,

  ItalicFont = [DavidCLM-MediumItalic] ,

  BoldItalicFont = [DavidCLM-BoldItalic] ]

%newfontfamilyhebrewfontsf{Miriam Libre}[

%  Script = Hebrew ,

%  Ligatures = Common ]

%newfontfamilyhebrewfonttt{Miriam Mono CLM}[

%  Script = Hebrew]



% This prevents the minipage environment from suppressing the space between

% paragraphs.  You could also save parindent to keep paragraph indentation, but

% this example alternates right-to-left and left-to-right paragraphs.

makeatletter

newlengthsavedparskip

setlengthsavedparskip{parskip}

newcommand{@minipagerestore}{setlength{parskip}{savedparskip}}

makeatother



begin{document}

begin{minipage}{10cm} % To fit both RTL and LTR text inside a TeX.SX image.

section*{תקציר}



ניסוי ותהייה, או ניסוי וטעיה?

textenglish{(We shall see.)}



begin{english}

some text texthebrew{בעברית}

end{english}

end{minipage}

end{document}

I find David Libre to be a good match for Palatino (and hence its clone Pagella) and Miriam Libre to be a good match for Optima (and hence its clone Classico). Personally, I prefer this combination of fonts.

If you need to mix italic fonts in both languages, one consideration is that many Hebrew oblique fonts are slanted the opposite direction from other fonts. (Or you might use a Hebrew oblique with left-to-right slant, or Drugulin for emphasis instead.) This can particularly bite you in math theorems. Therefore, you might consider loading usepackage[math-style = upright]{unicode-math} if you would otherwise be mixing slants in opposite directions. One of the rare math fonts designed with upright letters is Hermann Zapf’s Euler.