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Re: New Font file release.
- To: General Arabization Discussion <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: New Font file release.
- From: Youssef CHAHIBI <chahibi at gmail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:14:50 +0000
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> > I advise you to ask the farsi and urdu open source community If you want
> > this font to support other languages written with the arabic scripts.
> > http://www.urduweb.org
> > http://www.farsiweb.info/
> > http://parsix.org
>
> I'll try to do that. Anyone you know specifically there?
السلام عليكم
No, not really.
> > I noticed that the dots on qaf ق are not the same as in Taa ت or Yaa ياء
> > in http://perso.menara.ma/yollnet/tmp/fonts/myfont_16pt.JPG
>
> Your observation is correct. However, the font that I released is not
> the one in the above screenshot. That font have not been released yet.
> I'm still thinking on how to support these development so that new
> font can be created.
(It's my sister's observation :) )
> Anyway, as any other software release, please test it out, and bug
> reporting are most welcome. I have not test the font under linux yet,
> but I think it should give a very similar results as in windows. I
> appreciate if others can test it thoroughly first before packaging it
> under KACST or arabeyes font (that is not my decision, though).
This is exactly why I tought when Mohammed Adnène Trojette said he want to
package the font.
> This
> is because I don't use arabic day to day, only viewing the Quran, so
> my experience will not be the same as others. Also, there are still
> quite a number of glyphs need to be work on.
It's amazing that you made a wonderful font without speaking Arabic.
>
> Regards.