On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 7:47 PM Omair Majid <oma...@redhat.com> wrote:

> Not an expert, just a casual Urdu speaker with a drive by contribution.
> I don't write Urdu much these days but I can read it.
>

Cool

Akira TAGOH <ta...@redhat.com> writes:
> > I have no idea if Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Naskh Arabic is qualified
> > for Urdu and Punjabi.  Even though they have minimal coverage in
> > fontconfig perspective, there might be minor differences which look
> > strange for native speakers like punctuation marks in CJK etc.
>

Right, Noto Naskh Arabic could also be an option perhaps.


> I looked through the Urdu bits using
> https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Naskh+Arabic and things
> generally look okay. All the letters used in Urdu (~40, which is more
> than ~30 used in Arabic) seem to be present. The text is legible and
> readable. I tried a few punctuation marks and they are getting rendered
> in a way I can read it.
>

Good to know, thanks

What would be really helpful is to know how it compares with other Naskh
fonts
like Paktype (current default) and Nafees, and even Noto Nastaliq Urdu
(they are all in Fedora 38).

Thanks, Jens
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