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Re: [developers] Traditional Naskh-style font project
- To: Development Discussions <developer at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: [developers] Traditional Naskh-style font project
- From: Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug dot org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:36:17 +0300
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Hi everyone again :)
Seven months had passed, and now we have an alpha release, check the
"release notes":
http://www.khaledhosny.org/node/152
Regards,
Khaled
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 02:16:44PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> As many of you might know, I've been working on a traditional,
> Naskh-style Arabic font that is essentially a revival of the Naskh
> typeface[1] employed by Bulaq press[1] in the first half of the last
> century.
>
> What is unique about this Naskh typeface, is that it has been designed
> specifically to be mechanically typeset (for metal type), with
> simplified set of glyph substitution rules and greater readability,
> while maintaining the aesthetic aspects of Naskh calligraphy. It is, to
> my knowledge, the only Arabic typeface that have been designed with such
> degree of care. The glyphs were calligraphed by Muhammad Ja'far; the
> master calligrapher of his time.
>
> Bulaq typeface defined the standard of Arabic print typefaces, and there
> are many digitization of it, either proprietary (Monotype Naskh, MS's
> Traditional Arabic, and Linotype Lotus to some extent) or free (SIL's
> Scheherazade), but neither takes full potential of advancements in font
> technology to replicate all the desired aspects of the metal type.
>
> I've been working on the project for around a year now and it
> progressing slowly but rather steadily. Almost all glyphs are drawn and
> basic OpenType programming is done.
>
> I've been recently approached by people willing to accelerate the pace
> of the development by funding the project so I can work on it full time
> for a month or two and finish it.
>
> Last year I got a 1000$ grant from TUG[3], I got a promise for another
> 1000$ (individual donation), if you are interested in funding this
> project, please see [4] for more details.
>
> Regards,
> Khaled
>
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/amiri/wiki/Samples
> [2] http://www.bibalex.org/bulaqpress
> [3] http://tug.org/tc/devfund/grants.html
> [4] http://code.google.com/p/amiri/wiki/Donate
>
> --
> Khaled Hosny
> Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
> Free font developer
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Khaled Hosny
Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
Free font developer