you must choose an Arabic font for the interface. most ppl prefer Tahoma My Inbox Happily Received This From Syam S. @ Sun, 15 Sep 2002 14:49:26 +0400 > Hi, > I did the same procedure. And, I am able to see those fonts in applications (I > mean if I use KWord, it is there). But, when I used KDE with arabic language > set, then the applications are not showing arabic (just showing square boxes > for each char)... For example, if I run KMail, it will show its menus from > right-to-left, but the menu texts are mere square boxes instead of arabic > chars! > > On Sunday 15 September 2002 11:56, Mohammed Sameer wrote: > > i don't know what's the procedure you followed, but what i usually do is: > > cp /mnt/win_c/windows/fonts*.ttf foo > > cd foo > > ttmkfdir > fonts.scale > > mkfontdir > > then add the foo to /etc/X11/fs/config > > drakfont with mandrake 8.2 doesn't import Arabic fonts successfully! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Doc mailing list > Doc at arabeyes dot org > http://arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/doc -- ---------------- -- Katoob Main Developer Linux registered user # 224950 ICQ # 58475622 With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibilities.
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