Re: Quran data (translations)

[Mete Kural <metekural at yahoo dot com>]

>  You are right, but the first priority now is to
> first create a font
>  that can actually display the text, then the text
> will be updated
>  not only correcting errors but also adding all
> necessary quranic
>  symbols.

Creating a font that can display the Quran as we have
it in popular hardcopies is quite a huge project.
Maybe it will be better to cooperate with other font
designers and enhance an already existing font. One
resource to find Arabic font designers is the PakType
Yahoo group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paktype
We can email them and ask if there is anybody
interested in designing a Quran font.

Mete

--- Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net> wrote:
> On Sunday 25 May 2003 01:48, Ahmed El Helw wrote:
> > salam alaikum --
> > i think a much more important issue is the
> accuracy of the
> > arabic text itself -- when half of several ayats
> are missing,
> > this is a BIG issue and a BIG problem.  how can
> people use any
> > software powered by this library if the arabic xml
> files
> > themselves are incomplete?  i posted many various
> posts about
> > different ayahs that were incomplete and have not
> gotten any
> > replies nor has anyone made an attempt to fix
> them.  the
> > presence of complete arabic text can help in other
> things - for
> > example, if we have correct arabic text, writing a
> program that
> > 'syntax highlights' things based on tajweed is
> quite possible
> > and would be beautiful if done -- and is easy, but
> how can it be
> > done when the arabic itself has incompleteness in
> it?
> > walsalam alaikum,
> 
>  You are right, but the first priority now is to
> first create a font
>  that can actually display the text, then the text
> will be updated
>  not only correcting errors but also adding all
> necessary quranic
>  symbols.
> -- 
> Mohammed Yousif
> "Ich liebe ihr, weil ohne sie kann ich nicht bin!"
> We _will_ restore OUR Jerusalem.
> 
>
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