Rendering Hebrew as Text Mobject

[SuperUser-Vermeylen]

I cannot get the hebrew text to render.

The first hebrew word renders, but the remaining go to zero (whatever that means).

I've been to this page, and I think it has something to do with the LTR and RTL, but I don't understand.

BrennerMethod.mp4

verse = Tex(
            "In ", "the ", "Beginning", ", ", "God ", "Created ", "the ", "Heavens ", "and ", "the ", "Earth", ".",
            font_size=DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE
        )
 remaining_indices = [2, 4, 5, 7, 10]

hebrew_word = Tex("Hebrew", font_size=DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE, color=YELLOW)
        hebrew_word.next_to(remaining_words[0], DOWN + LEFT, buff=0.5)
        remaining_words.add(hebrew_word)
        self.play(Write(hebrew_word))

        remaining_words += hebrew_word

hebrew_translation = [
            "בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית", "אֱלֹהִים", "בָּרָא", "שָׁמַיִם", "אֲרֶץ"
        ]

word_objs = [verse[i] for i in remaining_indices]
        hebrew_translation_tex = VGroup()
        for i, word_obj in enumerate(word_objs):
            word = Text(hebrew_translation[i], font_size=DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE * 0.8, color=YELLOW, font="sans-serif")
            # Center under each remaining word
            x = word_obj.get_center()[0]
            y = hebrew_word.get_center()[1]
            word.move_to([x, y, 0])
            hebrew_translation_tex.add(word)
            self.play(Write(word))
            self.play(Write(Text("here!", font_size=24).next_to(word, DOWN)))

self.wait(2)

[uwezi]

your code snippet is not working - the indentation is weird and there are undeclared variables.

I tried to run your Hebrew words through LaTeX as well, and there I get a message about an unsupported unicode character in your strings, though I cannot figure out which, but I assume it is the same character which also causes problems in the Text objects

class hebrew(Scene):
    def construct(self):

        myTexTemplate = TexTemplate(
            tex_compiler="xelatex",
            output_format='.xdv',
        )
        myTexTemplate.add_to_preamble(r"\usepackage{fontspec}\usepackage{polyglossia}\setmainlanguage{hebrew}\setmainfont{Times New Roman}")

        MathTex.set_default(tex_template=myTexTemplate)
        Tex.set_default(tex_template=myTexTemplate)

        hebrew_translation = [
                    r"בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית", r"אֱלֹהִים", r"בָּרָא", r"שָׁמַיִם", r"אֲרֶץ"
                ]
        word_objs = VGroup(
            Text(f"{i}") for i in range(len(hebrew_translation))
        ).arrange(RIGHT,buff=2)
        self.add(word_objs)
        hebrew_translation_tex = VGroup(
            Tex(hebrew_tr, color=YELLOW)
            for hebrew_tr in hebrew_translation
        )
        for i, word_obj in enumerate(word_objs):
            word = Text(hebrew_translation[i], font_size=DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE * 0.8, color=YELLOW, font="sans-serif")
            # Center under each remaining word
            x = word_obj.get_center()[0]
            y = -2
            word.move_to([x, y, 0])
            hebrew_translation_tex.add(word)
            self.play(Write(word))
            self.play(Write(Text("here!", font_size=24).next_to(word, DOWN)))

        self.wait(2)

[uwezi]

I wonder if your problem is caused by the accented characters?

[SuperUser-Vermeylen]

It may be.

Attached is the python file.

I'll see if there is a common accent among the un-rendered words.
Brenner_Method_v4.py