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Arabic script support
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The materials on this page are aimed at people working in lesser-known languages using Arabic script. It is geared for the power user. However, IT language support and publishing personnel working in areas of the world where Arabic script is used would benefit.
These materials are not focused on font developers or font development.
Contents on this page:
Overview of script issues
 | Arabic Script - Introduction Lorna Evans, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_Intro.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 246KB [1121 downloads] |
Orthography development
Values for Arabic-Script Orthographies
| Orthography issues and Unicode for Arabic script Andy Warren-Rothlin, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_OrthographyValues.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 621KB [1299 downloads] |
Orthography issues and Unicode for Arabic script
| Orthography issues and Unicode for Arabic script Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "AS_OrthographyUnicode.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 1MB [1133 downloads] |
 | Character Set Inspector - Sample files Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "CharacterSetInspector.zip", ZIP archive, 256KB [824 downloads] |
Links referenced in this document:
Links to Unicode documents for Arabic script
Unicode chapter on Arabic script- Arabic
- Arabic Supplement
- Arabic Extended-A
- Arabic Presentation Forms-A (not recommended for orthographic use)
- Arabic Presentation Forms-B (not recommended for orthographic use)
Orthography: Unicode character properties
| Unicode character properties for Arabic script Bob Hallissy, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_OrthographyUnicodeProp.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 623KB [973 downloads] |
Ways to view Unicode properties:
- Richard Ishida’s UniView webapp
- Unicode properties Excel workbook Currently at v 7.0
- Unicode’s Unibook windows application
Language Data
Benefits of providing Language Data
| The Importance of Locale Information Martin Hosken, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_Locale.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 108KB [950 downloads] |
Language Tagging in the Rough
| Language Tagging in the Rough Martin Hosken, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_LangTag.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 251KB [1095 downloads] |
Collation
| Collation presentation Sharon Correll, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_CollationPresentation.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 429KB [989 downloads] |
The following document is an exercise that is referenced in the presentation.
 | Collation Exercise Sharon Correll, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_CollationExercise.odt", OpenDocument Text, 19KB [924 downloads] |
Contributing Data
| Contributing Data Sharon Correll, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_ContributingData.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 327KB [945 downloads] |
The file below has sample data that is referenced in the presentation.
| Language Data - template and sample data Sharon Correll, 2017-11-15 Download "LanguageData.zip", ZIP archive, 111KB [785 downloads] |
The link below is used for creating dictionary files for LibreOffice.
Fonts technology
Font IP and licensing issues
| Font IP and licensing issues Nico Spalinger, 2017-11-14 Download "AS_FontIP.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 371KB [1087 downloads] |
Links in above presentation:
Using Font Features
This session discusses using Font Features and how to use them in various applications:
| Using Font Features Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "UsingFontFeatures.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 1MB [904 downloads] |
The following document is referenced in the above presentation. Open it and look at the font field to see how features are accessed in LibreOffice.
| Scheherazade LibreOffice Features Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "ScheherazadeLOFeatures.odt", OpenDocument Text, 56KB [914 downloads] |
Using Web Fonts
This presentation discusses using web fonts and font features and how to use them on the web.
If you want to put text on the internet and you want people to see the page using a font you know supports that language, then you will need to use web fonts on your website.
| Using Web Fonts Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "UsingWebFonts.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 563KB [953 downloads] |
The file below can be downloaded as a sample to see how .woff fonts can be used on a website:
| Using Web Fonts - server based Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "WebFontsLocal.zip", ZIP archive, 361KB [772 downloads] |
The file below can be downloaded as a sample to see how Google fonts can be used on a website:
| Using Web Fonts - Google fonts Lorna Evans, 2017-11-14 Download "WebFontsGoogle.zip", ZIP archive, 1KB [742 downloads] |
In order to understand how woff fonts and Google fonts are referenced the .html and .css files can be inspected.
Keyboarding
Using the script in various applications and platforms
Right-to-left scripts in Microsoft Office
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Data conversion
| Script Conversion presentation Jeff Heath, 2017-11-15 Download "AS_DataConversion.pdf", Acrobat PDF document, 5MB [1141 downloads] |
The following document (with a download) is referenced in the above presentation:
Helpful links:
Mobile devices/Web usage
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Publishing Principles
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