RE: New Quranic glyphs

["Maher Ben Moussa" <maher_dev at hotmail dot com>]

Here too, nothing heard from Mohammed Yousif since almost a month ago

> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at arabeyes dot org
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> On Behalf Of Mete Kural
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:55 AM
> To: General Arabization Discussion
> Subject: Re: New Quranic glyphs
> 
> Nadim,
> 
> Did you get any response from Mohammed regarding these
> items? I would appreciate it if you could share it
> with us as well. Thanks.
> 
> Mete
> 
> --- Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > Mr. Mohammed Yousif, this subject had been touched
> > on before without
> > resolution.  You had recently posted about your
> > addition of needed
> > Quranic glyphs to one of KACST's fonts.
> >
> >
> >
> http://lists.arabeyes.org/archives/general/2003/August/msg00004.html
> >
> > Here are a couple of questions.
> >
> >  1. Did KACST reply with feedback to your additions
> > ?  If you are not
> >     being answered, could someone in contact with
> > KACST push the issue
> >     on our behalf or bring attention about this
> > topic to them ?
> >
> >  2. Could you make screenshots or generate .png of
> > all the new Quranic
> >     glyphs (just the glyphs standalone and not in
> > context) ?
> >
> >  3. The new Quranic glyphs, are they of general need
> > and requirement ?
> >     In other words, they are not specific to the
> > Quran application you
> >     are working on.
> >     a. If those glyphs are of general nature and
> > will indeed be required
> >        by others, then we need to propose them to
> > unicode for immediate
> >        inclusion.
> >
> >       http://www.unicode.org/pending/proposals.html
> >
> >     NOTE: although it was noted that someone else
> > might do this
> >           (namely diwan) via this thread,
> >
> >
> >
> http://lists.arabeyes.org/archives/developer/2003/April/msg00052.html
> >
> >           but since diwan was not interested in
> > cooperating and/or
> >           divulging details, I say we continue with
> > the work that's
> >           by done by M.Yousif (and others) sooner
> > rather than later
> >           to get those glyphs included.
> >
> > Comments/Remarks ?
> >
> > Salam.
> >
> >  - Nadim
> >
>