-----Original Message----- From: Magda Danish (Unicode) Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:02 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: FW: Web Form: Subj: Jawi letters
Yasmin, I am posting your letter to the Unicode mailing list. I have also subscribed you to the list so that you can receive answers directly. --------------------------- Magda Danish Sr. Administrative Director The Unicode Consortium 650-693-3921 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Date/Time: Tue Jul 20 09:40:55 CDT 2004 Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Report Type: Other Question, Problem, or Feedback Opt Subject: Jawi letters Hi! I've tried to submit to the mailing list but somehow I managed to fail it. So I'm trying here instead. First a short presentation of the subject: I'm currently trying to write a program where kids can learn how to spell in a language called Bahasa Jawi (or Jawi in short). This is a language based on the Arabic letters. The letters can be found on this link: http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulisan_Jawi For this program I have tried using the following letters: cha = "\u0686" nga ="\u06A0" pa = "\u06A4" ga = "\u06AC" nya = "\u06BD" First I must say that the letter "cha" has worked perfectly as I want it to and I'm very pleased with it. However, neither the letter "nga" nor the letter "nya" have worked in a satisfying way due to their inability to bond to neighbouring letters. "nga" is supposed to behave just as it's closest sibblings ein ("\u0639") and ghein ("\u063A") and nya is supposed to behave as the letters ba ("\u0628"),ta ("\u062A") and sa ("\u062B") except that its dots are moved from being on top to be at the bottom (with the single dot at the rearest bottom and the two other dots just above it (like a "ba" with three dots). As for the letter "ga" you don't seem to have the "real" "ga" since it really should look like the letter kaf ("\u06A9") but with one single dot above the "base character" as you can see in the link I posted above. Is it possible for you to create such a symbol anytime soon? Or could you possibly tell me how I can create it for my own use? And last but not least, I am very sorry to say that your letter "pa" doesn't work at all! All I see when the letter is written is a sqare or rectangle. Do you have any idea why this happens? I know it might be hard to do anything about these problems but I hope that you could help me with these problems by telling me how I could correct them myself or at least answering this letter so that I know that something is happening. Sincerely, Yasmin Khan -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- (End of Report)
