Posted by: John Hudson
In the manuscript, the position of marks varies a lot, as can be expected in a large text written by hand. In the example I showed, the dagesh is indeed quite high on the final kaf, but this would not be a good idea to follow typographically (bearing in mind that typographic texts tend to be of smaller size than most manuscripts, so the individual elements, letter, marks, need to be clearly distinguishable). I agree that dagesh and sheva should be distinct in this combination, so the sheva must not be raised too high.
The precise handling can be experimented with. What I'm really wondering about is the general principle: is this a feature of the manuscript that users would like to see reflected in the typeface, or would you prefer that the font follow the predominant typographic convention?