צוּרָה הֶדַּף (tsurá hadáf) — «original» shape of the page?

[ctrlcctrlv]

Originally this project was part of an attempt to create a free version of the Hebrew Talmud, as PDF files, while keeping the original page's shape (known as 'Tzurat Hadaf').

I believe this in the README is a factual error. There is no reason to think that the shape of the Schottenstein Talmud (“Art Scroll Talmud”, “Rashi-style Talmud”, many other names besides) is original, however pleasing to the eye its typography may be, any more than there is reason to think the KJV1611 is the “original” presentation of the New Testament.

Certainly there were מַסֶּכְתּוֹת‎ (masekhtot) before Schottenstein, certainly even מַהֲדוּרוֹת הֶתַלמוּד (mahadurot haTalmud, Talmudic editions) as well, so this cannot be correct.

[eliheuer]

Thanks Fred! I'll redo the README soon and fix this.

[ctrlcctrlv]

no problem :) beautiful font btw

[dfeuer]

Fred - "Tzurat hadaf" is a colloquialism of course, and reflects the printers layout of the Widow Romm and brothers printing of the shas from Vilna. I'm ok with removing it from the Readme, but the mekorot font was originally made for that purpose - to recreate that layout.

[dfeuer]

To be clear, we can remove the word "original", since to Fred's point, it was not. @eliheuer I'm happy to rewrite that paragraph if you'd like!

[eliheuer]

Thanks, for now I'm just going to remove the word "original". This copy was taken from the the SourceForge Archive here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mekorot/

[eliheuer]

If anyone has some better copy, please post it here, my Hebrew skill are minimal.