From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Adjusting overbar for a special font
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 11:47:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <757F02CA-378C-4866-96DF-C4CF46D92544@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <533A88E1.7040202@mmnetz.de>
Am 01.04.2014 um 11:37 schrieb H. Özoguz <h.oezoguz@mmnetz.de>:
> Hello there,
>
> I tried to overbar an arabic word, and noticed, that the bar is too low and overlaps the letters. While producing a minexample, I noticed that this might be a issue of my font, because this does not happen with Arial. See this minexample:
>
> \definefont[arial][name:arial*arabic at 12pt]
> \definefont[arabicuth][file:UthmanicHafs1Ver09.ttf*arabic at 12pt]
>
> \starttext
> \startalign[r2l]
> \arial
> كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ \overbar{وَٱسْجُدْ} وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
> \arabicuth
> كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ \overbar{وَٱسْجُدْ} وَٱقْتَرِب ۩
> \stopalign
> \stoptext
>
> and compare the compiled pdf in attachment.
>
> You can download the used font-file "UthmanicHafs1Ver09.ttf" here:
>
> http://fonts.qurancomplex.gov.sa/download/UthmanicHafs1Ver09Font.zip
>
> We have discussed this font here month ago, hans commented: "yes, but calling this a normal font is somewhat over-the-top"
>
> So it is quite "special" - but still best available font (free or commercial) for typesetting the holy quran.
>
> But setting the bar a bit higher should be easily possible, independent of these font-lacks, right? The solution should be independent from the chosen font-size.
http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/070738.html
Wolfgang
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