On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 02:21:58AM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote: > the link is interesting and I should read it more carefully > as for now, and for the sake of argument I'll say I accept that it should be > مجانًا > but is this an excuse to hide the alef as a punishment for those who > misspell it!! No of course, I just felt I shouldn't let it go without pointing to this :) > > the involed font is KacstQurn > (and maybe others) > This happens with all fonts, I found that they have 2 ligatures "alef + fatha = alef_fatha.liga" and "alef + fathatan = alef_fathatan.liga" but there is no alef_fatha.liga nor alef_fathatan.liga glyphs in the font. A simple solution is to disable the ligature, or draw the needed glyphs. There is a new release of KACST fonts, I'll check if it has this problem or not, either way we should prepare for a new release. Salam, Khaled > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:07 AM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug dot org> wrote: > > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:51:09AM +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote: > >> there is a problem with Kacst fonts > >> when an alef is followed by a tanween > >> مجاناً > >> the alef disappears! > >> > >> do any one knows how to fix this > > > > Which one of Kacst fonts or all of them? This should be easily fixable. > > > > BTW, I do consider مجاناً misspelling, it should be مجانًا, see > > http://www.al-jazirah.com.sa/culture/12122005/aoraq37.htm > > > > -- > > Khaled Hosny > > Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFIJ3wnRoqITGOuyPIRAomsAJwMZKFCSHW4SNPP3dSb7f9kUcHgkgCgiCXV > > E37wM3UHTMe7xYKceV1lNI4= > > =pYuO > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Developer mailing list > > Developer at arabeyes dot org > > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer > > > _______________________________________________ > Developer mailing list > Developer at arabeyes dot org > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team
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