Ana Iaria wrote on 12/2/09 at 11:37 > >I am just wondering if the current FMaker version we have installed on >the Uni computers will handle Arabic texts. It does not handle Greek >(no FM version does, as far as I know). >
If you use Unicode then there is no such thing as 'Greek' as it's just different characters in the same font. Whether they have unicode AND proper unicode fonts is another question. Worth finding out.. >If this means we have to buy a specific MEstern InDesign version for >Arabic, now we are in for a problem. > >As I am in charge of the module, I will have to look at in more detail. > >I am fully aware of the Unicode problem (we have Russian, Chinese, >Japanese, Korean and Greek students and the keyboards are always messed >up). > >Mellel is not an option as we work on Windows. Also, our jobs are >created on Fm, InDesign or Quark. > I doubt it is genuinely helpful but if you really get stuck, LaTeX is cross-platform and can handle all these fonts. But there may be a steep learning curve. It will produce pdfs. It's a kind of 'lowest common denominator' in that respect. But the trick is getting the hang of it and converting your existing formatting, which probably means it's not worth it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
