On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:15:02 -0700, Khaled Hosny <khaledho...@eglug.org>
wrote:
The key point is that SIL has taken care to support nearly every
Arabic-script language, not just Arabic, so this gives us a platform
that
all Arabic-script users can use by default until other free fonts -- or
a
fork of Scheherazade -- become available.
I already have a fork, I just don't want to encourage people to use such
aesthetically poor fonts, but as it seems to be the only solution at
hand right now (especially the Unicode covering), I think I'll try to
clean my font and publish it this week ISA.
Ok, great!
BTW: There is an الله lig in Scheherazade -- rather unattractive, but
it's there. Maybe you have an old version?
Sorry, yes it has one but is no better than not having one at all.
It's ugly, no doubt, but we can easily replace it, and a couple of the
other specials as well.
<snip>
See the above... make a list of errors in the font and we'll both work
on
it one way or other. Back to Lotus: I suggest to you and Otared the
following project: develop Scheherazade into a free alternative to
Lotus.
Lotus is that is as close to a pure OpenType font as we are going to
easily get. Although it supports less of Arabic-script unicode than
Scheherazade, it is a standard in the Arabic-script publishing world. So
if our default interface supports Lotus and Scheherazade out of the box,
we will be well on our way to what you guys are looking for.
My initial idea was to extend Scheherazade in a similar way, but I gave
up on this, there are so many similar glyphs in the Arabic Unicode block
that a simple ligature like بي means 28 (Baa' forms) * 10 (Yaa' forms):
280 glyphs for one ligatures, I don't think this is a wise idea.
Sure, but again
لا يسقط الميسور بالمعسور
So just start with Arabic, then Farsi, and forget the rest for now. No
need for perfection at the outset ;-)
Actually, I suggest forgetting about ligatures etc. for now, and just get
the basics done for Scheherazade. We can work on ligatures etc later.
سلام
Idris
--
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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