Re: Arabic cursive in Unicode
- From: "Dylan Sung" <dylanwhs.tsktsktsk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:41:02 -0000
"Danny" <dragon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1164118300.044267.261170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi
I'm trying to draw up a table of Arabic cursive characters for a text
editor: I want to take the raw data and translate into a sequence of
cursive variants. This is working fine, but I'm stuck with trying to
extract the exact set of characters needed. UnicodeData.txt includes a
complete list of characters, including all the variants of non-standard
Arabic and complex ligatures that don't exist in all fonts (we're using
Arial).
An example: the letter Alef Maksura (0649) exists in an isolated and
final form at points FEEF and FEF0, but the initial and medial forms
are listed at FBE8 and FBE9 (with the complicated name ARABIC LETTER
UIGHUR KAZAKH KIRGHIZ ALEF MAKSURA INITIAL FORM). To me, this suggests
that standard Arabic includes only the first two forms, and the other
two only appear in a variant. But how am I supposed to get the data
that are standard? ArabicShaping.txt isn't much help because it lists
the character as dual-joining.
Any help appreciated
Danny
I don't know anything about arabic characters, but if it is anything like Chinese, then the way a character shows on the screen may well depend on what type of font you use. The codepoints are defined, but the shape of the characters may be cursive or in whatever design you can find available in the fonts you have installed. Perhaps there are people who can point you to new fonts faces.
Dyl.
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