Re: fonts

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Fahd Touma <ftouma at inco dot com dot lb> wrote:
> I am interested in working with the Arabic fonts for the Arabeyes project,
> already have 1 font ready as TTF. I have been using Fontographer on Windows
> NT for a while but am now looking for a free Linux replacement. Could anyone
> point me to a good package I could use. I am not using Mandrake 10.

As Ossama has noted 'FontForge' is the tool to use from what I hear on Linux.

> Also if you know of any good documentation concerning fonts and how to
> handle all their intricacies, please point me in that direction.

I personally couldn't find one but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
So if you come across something that is worthy or decide to write your
own, let us know for I think it would be a good doc to host on Arabeyes
for future reference.

> PS. If you would like to see the font I have now, please email me
> and I'll post it somewhere. 

Do please upload it on the 'net somewhere for us to take a look (if you
don't have web presence, look into the various free web-hosting sites
out there).

BTW: I don't think 'doc' is the proper list for this topic - do please
     use 'general' or 'developer' for future correspondence.

We also need help on the Khotot [1] project and could certainly use the
hands and abilities of those interested.  It might be a good idea for us
to talk on IRC to get the ball rolling (interested ?).

[1] http://www.arabeyes.org/project.php?proj=Khotot

Salam.

 - Nadim



		
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