Re: Quran font release

[Jim Gettys <jg at laptop dot org>]

gedit uses Pango for text layout (part of the GTK+ set of libraries).

firefox uses the gecko layout engine.

So fundamentally different layout code is being used in the two cases.
                         - Jim


On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 12:56 +0800, Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya wrote:
> Nicholas
> First thing first. I do not have a linux system currently, so cannot
> test it under linux.
> 
> About keyboard, I created my own keyboard layout under windows using
> MS Keyboard Layout creator. Basically, you can assign any unicode code
> to any keystroke. You just need to change the keyboard layout
> (software).
> 
> About the line spacing. People are saying they have problem using
> gedit, but firefox is OK. I don't have the recourses at the moment to
> investigate why iut happens, but I suspect it has something to do with
> gedit. It works ok under Windows (most application using uniscribe or
> gdiplus).
> 
> 
> Regards.
> 
> On 10/20/06, heer <heer at u dot washington dot edu> wrote:
> > Meor,
> >
> >         I downloaded your Qur'an font and installed it on Debian Linux.
> > I could not get it to work in Open Office or in Katoob, but it did work in
> > gedit and kedit.  I noticed, however, that there is not enough line
> > spacing for the font.  The tops and bottoms of some letters get cut off.
> > That was also a problem with your other font, I believe.  And how does one
> > use the font to type the Qur'an?  I only tried it out with regular imla'i
> > Arabic.  Do you have a special keyboard to use with it?
> >
> > Nicholas
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Meor Ridzuan Meor Yahaya wrote:
> >
> > > Assalamualaikum,
> > >
> > > Since the first announcement did not catch much attention, I'll post it
> > > again.
> > >
> > > I've released my font that are capable to render the Quran as per
> > > Madinah Mushaf. You can get the details here
> > > http://arabicfonts.wikispaces.com/ . Please try it and give some
> > > feedback to it. If someone would further develop it, I welcome the
> > > help.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> >
> >
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