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micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR" Content-Disposition: inline --9jxsPFA5p3P2qPhR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 02:25:15PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > so, it seems to depend on calt but turning on calt by default is *not* = =20 > > what the ms spec recommends for arabtype > > > > you see the problem? >=20 > I think is is arabtype's problem if they suggest turning calt off by > default, if I've contextual alternatives in my font this means I think > those alternatives are necessary to render text correctly, otherwise I > would have used a stylistic set. I just checked arabtype font, and I don't see why one would suggest turning 'calt' off by default, it doesn't make any sense to me; many necessesary features (like rising the second tooth in words like =D8=A8=D9= =8A=D8=AA) are 'calt' features. 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