On Tuesday 10 January 2006 10:25 am, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:18:54 -0700, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John R. Culleton wrote: > >> First I ask the question: is Context the right tool for rtl > >> typesetting of e.g, Farsi? Second I would like a reference to the > >> pertinent Context manual > >> or module for such typesetting. Finally I would like to know if there > >> is a typescript extant for > >> Farsi (Persian) wich I believe uses the Arabic alphabet with some > >> modifications. > > > > well, idris is using context for professional publications so rlt is > > possible ... > > In a recent thread with Mojca I give instructions to do basic utf-8 or > Latin-transcription Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu typesetting in ConTeXt using > Aleph and the basic unicode fonts that came with Omega. The font is very > basic, though. Much more advanced stuff is possible as well, using better > fonts, and I am working on an advanced Arabic-script typesetting system > which, while still experimental, produces some of the nicest Arabic script > available-) (I can send you samples if you like off-list) > > No manuals, but go here to get a flavor of things: > > http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97ost/omega-example.html > tex/context/base/m-gamma.tex > tex/context/base/type-omg.tex > > You can use whatever font your client prefers, particularly if it does not > involve a lot of ligatures or vowels (most fonts used in Persian > typesetting are pretty basic in this regard, with the very important > exception of Nastaliq, which TeX/Aleph cannot do quite yet...) > > As soon as Giuseppe and Hans get in sync on the future direction of things > in the internals of aleph and pdftex-) we should soon have Arabic-script > typesetting approaching a par with the Latin. Hopefully the two projects > will merge soon, and there has already been some movement in that > direction. In particular, the microtypography features of pdftex may > hopefully be extended to include, e.g., glyph substitution to get optimal > paragraph justification (since Arabic script does not have hyphenation, > etc....) > > Best > Idris
Thanks very much. The OP is not a client but another eager TeX novice. I relayed the information to him and he is busily acquainting himself with the tools you mentioned. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
