Re: Arabic fonts will be accpeted in to gnome!

[abdulhaq <al-arabeyes at alinsyria dot fsnet dot co dot uk>]

It's a serious allegation to say that the Kacst fonts are a rip-off of a 
Bitstream font as if true then the Kacst fonts would have to be withdrawn. 
However, I can't see any evidence whatsoever to support your claim.

Looking at the screen shot you provided, and overlooking rendering flaws at 
different point sizes, there are some very apparent differences:

All letters:
Kacst: the stroke is delicate and at tight turns is considerably reduced in 
width
Cyberbit: the stroke is much more uniform in width even through turns

waaw:
Kacst: The tail extends considerably beyond the main loop
Cyberbit: The tail does not extend beyond the main loop

raa':
Kacst: The tail sweeps considerably forward
Cyberbit: the tail does not sweep forward but mainly downward

faa':
Kacst: There is a long tail
Cyberbit: the tail is short

laam:
Kacst: the turn into the loop is very tight
Cyberbit: the turn is almost semi-circular

yaa':
Kacst: the angle of the turn is not particularly tight
Cyberbit: the angle of the turn is quite acute

In actual fact, I can't find one letter that looks like it was copied from 
Cyberbit.

wassalaam
abdulhaq


On Sunday 06 June 2004 10:29, Arafat Medini wrote:

> take a look at this screenshot:
>
> http://www.silverpen.de/fonts2.png
>
> As you can see:
>
> +the Arabic Kacst fonts are an indirect rip of bitstream cyberbit! So no
> real innovation here.
> +They lack contrast, and don't have natural design.
> in every font at least one letter is not good.
> +They are too linear not smoot like tahoma for eg. so they hurt they
> eyes, especially if you'll use them in everyday life.
> +The only font that looks promising is KacstQura but it has major
> problem with resizing.(kacstQura at 9 pts)
> +I am for a fast solution, and as long as I can see Arabic with these
> fonts they are for me Arabic fonts, technology is technology there isn't
> Arabic or persian technology as long as the output is the same.
>
> > If not, we should then suggest to add Arabic fonts (khotot) _and_
> > Persian ones.
>
> we can't there is only one fonts called bitstream cyberbit, and the
> fonts will be maybe included in it, so at the end only one font will be
> chosen, as if you start tahoma and you only have one Arabic font. But
> maybe the fonts will be destributed separately in this case I am
> naturally in fvour of some Kacst fonts BUT they are still not good
> enough, and who works wins...
>
> > Salam,
>
> Salam
>
>
>
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