# Composed Hebrew characters break during export **URL:** \ **Category:** Glyphs\ **Created:** [May 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340 "2016-05-02T12:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/1 "2016-05-02T12:07:27Z")
Here’s what the composed characters /yodyodpatah-hb and /vavdagesh-hb look like in my Glyphs source file (left) and in the exported TTF as viewed by Glyphs (right). What’s going wrong here? ![](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d85a7177cd4cabe5d25b40c6e0f317877fd939fc.png) ---
**Author:** ![mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/mekkablue/32/23_2.png) [@mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/mekkablue)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/2 "2016-05-02T12:33:38Z")
Replacing or transforming any of the components during export? ---
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/3 "2016-05-02T21:46:58Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/mekkablue/32/23_2.png) [@mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/mekkablue)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/4 "2016-05-02T22:39:31Z")
At which UPM do you export? Are you using anchors for placing the parts? ---
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/5 "2016-05-02T23:24:43Z")
UPM 1000. I did use anchors for the /vavdagesh-hb (not for the other one). ---
**Author:** ![mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/mekkablue/32/23_2.png) [@mekkablue](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/mekkablue)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/6 "2016-05-03T05:52:30Z")
Do you have a subset applied (Keep or Remove Glyphs parameter)? ---
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/7 "2016-05-03T06:55:53Z")
Not in this instance. I’ll send you the file. ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/8 "2016-05-03T07:00:33Z")
The ‘dagesh-hb’ is defined as a nonspacing mark. So its width is set to zero on export. That is not a good idea on this case. The only useful solution I can think of right now is to use another glyph as a component. ---
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/9 "2016-05-03T07:13:54Z")
Same for the patah? ---
**Author:** ![CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/catharsisfonts/32/122_2.png) [@CatharsisFonts](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/CatharsisFonts)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/10 "2016-05-03T07:20:58Z")
I replaced dagesh and patah in those combinations with (hopefully spacing) characters called dageshspacing and patahspacing. Doesn’t help: ![](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/53eec5c212b99e6a7672d74e8088095c52669871.png) Actually, I think it’s the yods and vavs that are misplaced here. ---
**Author:** ![GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/georgseifert/32/259_2.png) [@GeorgSeifert](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/GeorgSeifert)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/composed-hebrew-characters-break-during-export/4340/11 "2016-05-05T13:26:14Z")
Can you send me this file. the latest one you send me exports fine.