Re: Arabic fonts will be accpeted in to gnome!

[Arafat Medini <lumina at silverpen dot de>]

I never said:

The fonts ARE A RIP.

Please read my sentences carefully next time.

These fonts,  with my respect to the work behind them, are not very
original and thus, in my eyes, an INDIRECT rip of BCyber. That's my
point of view. This stresses VERY clearly MHO.

Arafat

في ح, 2004-06-06 السّاعة 11:56 +0100, abdulhaq كتب:
> It's a serious allegation to say that the Kacst fonts are a rip-off of a 
> Bitstream font as if true then the Kacst fonts would have to be withdrawn. 
> However, I can't see any evidence whatsoever to support your claim.
> 
> Looking at the screen shot you provided, and overlooking rendering flaws at 
> different point sizes, there are some very apparent differences:
> 
> All letters:
> Kacst: the stroke is delicate and at tight turns is considerably reduced in 
> width
> Cyberbit: the stroke is much more uniform in width even through turns
> 
> waaw:
> Kacst: The tail extends considerably beyond the main loop
> Cyberbit: The tail does not extend beyond the main loop
> 
> raa':
> Kacst: The tail sweeps considerably forward
> Cyberbit: the tail does not sweep forward but mainly downward
> 
> faa':
> Kacst: There is a long tail
> Cyberbit: the tail is short
> 
> laam:
> Kacst: the turn into the loop is very tight
> Cyberbit: the turn is almost semi-circular
> 
> yaa':
> Kacst: the angle of the turn is not particularly tight
> Cyberbit: the angle of the turn is quite acute
> 
> In actual fact, I can't find one letter that looks like it was copied from 
> Cyberbit.
> 
> wassalaam
> abdulhaq
> 
> 
> On Sunday 06 June 2004 10:29, Arafat Medini wrote:
> 
> > take a look at this screenshot:
> >
> > http://www.silverpen.de/fonts2.png
> >
> > As you can see:
> >
> > +the Arabic Kacst fonts are an indirect rip of bitstream cyberbit! So no
> > real innovation here.
> > +They lack contrast, and don't have natural design.
> > in every font at least one letter is not good.
> > +They are too linear not smoot like tahoma for eg. so they hurt they
> > eyes, especially if you'll use them in everyday life.
> > +The only font that looks promising is KacstQura but it has major
> > problem with resizing.(kacstQura at 9 pts)
> > +I am for a fast solution, and as long as I can see Arabic with these
> > fonts they are for me Arabic fonts, technology is technology there isn't
> > Arabic or persian technology as long as the output is the same.
> >
> > > If not, we should then suggest to add Arabic fonts (khotot) _and_
> > > Persian ones.
> >
> > we can't there is only one fonts called bitstream cyberbit, and the
> > fonts will be maybe included in it, so at the end only one font will be
> > chosen, as if you start tahoma and you only have one Arabic font. But
> > maybe the fonts will be destributed separately in this case I am
> > naturally in fvour of some Kacst fonts BUT they are still not good
> > enough, and who works wins...
> >
> > > Salam,
> >
> > Salam
> >
> >
> >
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