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Re: Quranic Proposal - Dynamic glyph substitution with OpenType
- To: General Arabization Discussion <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Quranic Proposal - Dynamic glyph substitution with OpenType
- From: Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif at gmx dot net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:04:59 +0300
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On إثنين 14 يونيو 2004 17:51, Thomas Milo wrote:
>
> I am very much in favour of logical codes as additions to regular tanween.
> The existing high meem can already be used, an new one for sequential
> tanween must be introduced.
>
Please understand that this has to be easy, I can't imagine a typical typist
having to type 'logical' codes as if he is a programmer!
> Also canonical equivalence between tanween ligatures fathatan, dammatan and
> kasratan must be requested as representing the nominal values of fatha
> fatha, damma damma and kasra kasra respectively.
>
But dammatan looks very different from damma+damma.
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Mohammed Yousif
Egypt