Re: Arabic Unicode fonts

["Mahin" <mahin at pakban dot com>]

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> Am I alone on this ?  if I am, I'll readily conform and move-on :-)
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>  - Nadim
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Salam!

I do not think you are alone but I am not so eloquent / profecient as
you are;). May I request you ( if at all possible ) to give example
with one / two words from Quran with 'Airab - Alif+Ain+Ray+Alif+Bay '
? I know it is not relevent ( bit off topic ) but for any Arabic
coding to be accepted ultimate test is Arabic for Non-Arabs, so that
there are no distortions. Producing Quranic Script for Non-Arabs in
Electronic format is what will determine wide spread adoption.

In fact ' Ma-irab - Arabic written with Airab's ' Arabic will help
Urdu as well as Persian. While I am in no position even to express an
opinion on Uni-code /Utf-8 but there is some room for changes /
improvements at this early stages. Apart from informative discussion
there is real need for creating some visiual's with description for
the benefit of those who are not so well read / informed on Unicode
and its ramifications [ like you are ;)].

What is needed is a proof of what could not be done at all / not with
ease using present form of Unicode controlled/delivered characters
shaping/display and what it could be if your proposal are accepted. In
my personal view the knowledge we have accumulated and preserved
through centuries should not be abondened / denied access for  the
simple reason that medium of preservation/recording has changed
 paper to digital ). Yes! I agree with you "Its not a question of
being able to support this or not (anything is possible); " and any
amount of effort in ensuring continued access to accumulated knowledge
is justified.

Thanks,

Mahin.