From: luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: seeking 'hello world' example for Arabic typesetting with conTeXt
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:23:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinHuMbH1a6Svb862r8j+5BEiJe0i39qXb6s6Eta@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.vmx446i760pfzx@ihamidnb.libarts.colostate.edu>
2010/11/29 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد <ishamid@colostate.edu>:
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:03:06 -0700, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I've to dig for it, I'm sure it is there somewhere. However, I've long
>> abandoned the idea of improving Scheherezade and instead concentrating
>> on my own (Amiri) font, but it does not work with MkIV right now (and
>> vowel marks are half done), so it is not a replacement yet. I do plan
>> for a simplified version of Amiri that would fulfil the original goal of
>> the modified Scheherezade font (and also developed in a way that works
>> with most of the current broken OpenType implementations, unlike the
>> current Amiri) and that one would be suitable as a default font, but
>> this is months away at best.
>
> OK: In that case, let's include the standard Scheharezade as is in the
> minimals until another unicode-complete font comes along. It has an Open
> Font License so should be no problem.
>
> Miojca: Till then, where do you suggest placing Scheharezade in the tree?
tex/texmf/fonts/truetype/public/scheharezade
?
--
luigi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-29 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-28 21:48 Jon Crump
2010-11-29 4:47 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-11-29 5:14 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-11-29 18:30 ` Hans Hagen
2010-11-29 18:03 ` Khaled Hosny
2010-11-29 19:16 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-11-29 19:23 ` luigi scarso [this message]
2010-11-29 19:28 ` Hans Hagen
2010-11-30 11:50 ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-11-30 12:06 ` Hans Hagen
2010-11-30 14:46 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-12-01 9:48 ` luigi scarso
2010-12-01 17:53 ` Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
2010-11-29 20:18 ` Jon Crump
2010-11-29 18:11 ` Khaled Hosny
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