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Re: [G-I] Indic and arabic fonts; which are best?
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- Subject: Re: [G-I] Indic and arabic fonts; which are best?
- From: Youssef CHAHIBI <chahibi at gmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:42:54 +0000
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> Waalaikum salam,
> Well, you have to ask the font designer. It is not difficult to make
> it bigger actually...
> Anyway, for arabic font, I think the reason the diacritic marks.
> Typically, font have a specified height that they need to fit in. So,
> for arabic font, the font designer need to accomodate some space for
> the diacritic marks as well, so that leaves the base font "shorter"
> that the latin counterpart.
> That is just my guess, but I think that is correct. As I said before,
> you really need to ask the font designer.
> I'm working on a font currently that might solve some of the Arabic
> font problem.
>
> Regards.
السلام عليكم
I found in Linux a font called ClearU ( or Newspaper, I don't remember) which
is big but ugly. So, it might be possible to make a font bigger.
A clear usable font is crucial for the arabic desktop.