Re: Arabic cursive in Unicode


Christopher Culver wrote:
"Danny" <dragon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Yes, this is the problem. I don't quite understand why the makers of
Arial (is it Monotype?) and other big-name fonts didn't just go the
whole way and include the whole damn' Unicode set, rather than just the
ones they thought people were least likely to miss.

Because creating a font is a painstaking process. Download
Fontedit--it's Free Software--and just see how complicated even a
single character can be, sometimes taking hours to get just right.

I do understand that, but I'm not talking about doing it everywhere,
just for the few key fonts that are used everywhere - Arial/Helvetica,
Times / TNR, Tahoma, Courier/New. Ah well - I suppose there's not much
financial gain in it.

Goodness only knows what I'll encounter when I start to tackle
Chinese...

Arial Unicode MS, which ships with Microsoft Office, does cover all
any student of Chinese will ever need.

That's good news, thanks. (But I'll believe it when I see it :) I'm yet
to encounter any language where I haven't experienced *some* technical
issues)

Best
Danny

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