Re: Quran font release

[heer <heer at u dot washington dot edu>]

Meor,

	I didn't realize that you made the fonts for Windows.  I thought 
they would work in Linux as well.  Most fonts I have seem to work in both. 
I will try your fonts again in Windows XP.  I don't have MS Word, but 
maybe they will work in WordPad or emeditor with the standard MS Arabic 
keyboard.  I've never used the MS Keyboard Layout Creator.  In Linux it is 
easy to edit an existing keyboard file, but I've never figured out how to 
create an entirely new keyboard.

Nicholas


On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 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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