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From this question: How should we understand the Torah’s comparison of a tree to a “man”? What message is the Torah trying to convey?

Lots of boxes

Is this a system-wide issue, or just one that I have? There are a lot of boxes in the hebrew. I think it might be because the pasted text may have ta'amim, that are not being displayed properly.

If this is not a system-wide problem, any tips on how to solve it?

I'm using Chromium on Linux. Lubuntu 16.04. I do not have any special Hebrew support enabled. To make matters more interesting, I'm answering this on my phone (chrome on iOS 9.3.2), and the text that I pasted in the question does show up properly with the ta'amim. No boxes.

Comments also report a problem with Chrome on Ubuntu but that it works with Chrome on Windows and Mac.

A further proof that this may be the ta'amim. Here is a copy paste from here (where the ta'amim are included).

כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־אֹֽיְבֶ֑יךָ וּנְתָנ֞וֹ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ בְּיָדֶ֖ךָ וְשָׁבִ֥יתָ שִׁבְיֽוֹ:

This shows a bunch of boxes for me, where the letters that have the Ta'amim should be. Does it show up properly for anyone else?

Here's another one: What does the munach say?

And another one: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/84258/603

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  • Is it all questions with Hebrew or just that one? If just that one, can you edit in a link to it? (I tried searching for the title in your screen shot and didn't find it.) Thanks.
    – Monica Cellio
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 2:53
  • It definitely happens on more than one, but not all of them. This one, for example, is fine: judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/25774/…
    – Menachem
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 6:50
  • Thanks for the link. I'm seeing Hebrew with ta'amim both there and in your post here, but I've definitely seen boxes somewhere in the past (phone, maybe?). What browser are you using?
    – Monica Cellio
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 14:42
  • "the ideal requirement for Hebrew is to be able to display all the cantillation marks also, which most fonts don't do very well. The open-source Taamey Frank CLM font here is probably the best for cantillation marks" (source)
    – msh210 Mod
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 16:21
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    @monica. I'm using chromium on Linux. Lubuntu 16.04. I do not have any special Hebrew support enabled. To make matters more interesting, I'm answering this on my phone (chrome on iOS 9.3.2), and the text that I pasted in the question does show up properly with the ta'amim. No boxes
    – Menachem
    Commented Sep 11, 2016 at 17:56
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    Chrome on Ubuntu; same problem.
    – Scimonster
    Commented Sep 12, 2016 at 18:36
  • @Menachem is this still happening to you? If you see it on other questions, please edit in links. The more data we can give SE, the better the chances that they'll be able to figure out the cause. Thanks.
    – Monica Cellio
    Commented Sep 23, 2016 at 0:00
  • @MonicaCellio: Still happening. As I come across links I'll add them here
    – Menachem
    Commented Sep 23, 2016 at 1:05
  • status-norepro Chrome on Windows
    – MTL
    Commented Mar 20, 2017 at 4:16
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    The Community "user" bumped the question again. (Source.) Is this still happening to you? P.S. You may want to cross-post to Ask Ubuntu and to edit each question to include a link to the other.
    – unforgettableidSupportsMonica
    Commented May 23, 2017 at 1:28

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Maybe it's your OS? Are you on a computer or a phone/tablet?

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  • on a computer running lubuntu (an ubuntu derivative)
    – Menachem
    Commented Dec 20, 2016 at 3:41
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It looks fine to me, but it might be because my computer is able to go to and fro between typing English and Hebrew. As @DonielF put it, it might also be the device you're on.

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