On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 08:58:31PM -0400, Kamal Abdali wrote: > While the problem is with fonts, I think it is really caused by language > differences. In Urdu, the convention for the tashdid-kasra combination is to > put tashdid above and kasra below the letter. This convention applies even to > Arabic texts (e.g., the Qurans) published in countries like Pakistan and India > with large numbers of Urdu speakers. The Qurans published in Arab countries > place kasra below the tashdid symbol, of course.
Not the ones that I have here, actually all printed Masahif (Mushaf is the book form of Quran, Quran refers to the actual content) follow the old convention if kasra bellow base. > Incidentally, there are > several other orthographic differences in the Qurans published in Pakistan and > India and those published in Arab countries. There are different conventions across Arabic countries as well (eg. Moroccan vs. Egyptian) Regards, Khaled > > This variation is unfortunate because it limits the use of many fonts across > different languages. > > Below is the image of a Mac TextEdit window with the tashdid-kasra combination > in three different Urdu fonts. > > Kamal Abdali > > tashdid-kasra-urdu.jpg > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 15:02, Andy Lin <kir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The best thing is to try a font which does not have this kind of issue. > > I've attached a pdf file of various Arabic fonts (most of them are > included with newer versions of Windows). The string is input with > tashdid before kasra. The first column has the script set to Arabic, > the second column has the language set to Urdu (the SIL fonts behave > differently here!), and the third has the language set to Farsi. > > Hope this helps, > Andy > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
