From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67139 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Fwd: The creation of a new Arabic typeface (funded by Google) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4D82949A.9010203@GMX.DE> <20110318110149.GB15856@phare.normalesup.org> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300481529 9437 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2011 20:52:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:52:09 +0000 (UTC) To: Mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Mar 18 21:52:05 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0geS-0004ub-Lc for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:52:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69C68CAB05; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:59 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id piNfp3K5Tufq; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B2BCAAF4; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8592CAAF4 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:54 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id LQDbmRlZqPmW for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC2FFCAAD9 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from thesan.fiee.net (thesan.fiee.net [178.77.74.245]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2IKpuf5002327 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:51:56 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 10046 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2011 21:51:55 +0100 Original-Received: from 124-113.76-83.cust.bluewin.ch (HELO ?10.128.9.9?) (83.76.113.124) by thesan.fiee.net with ESMTPSA (AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 18 Mar 2011 21:51:55 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20110318110149.GB15856@phare.normalesup.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=178.77.74.245; country=DE; region=07; city=Host; latitude=51.6500; longitude=6.1833; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.6500,6.1833&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0cEkIPUw6 - 6af32492d8d8 - 20110318 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67139 Archived-At: Am 2011-03-18 um 12:01 schrieb Arthur Reutenauer: >> Idris et al., perhaps you can teach them to include the proper >> OpenType magic? > > I really wonder how relevant advanced typography would be in that > case, where it relates to on-screen display. It seems to be more = > about > hinting and similar issues. I don=92t care about Arabic myself, but I thought it would be nice to = have another choice for a free Arabic font to use with ConTeXt. Even = if it=92s screen optimized, it might work well in print, too - and some = of use use ConTeXt more often for presentations anyway. Am 2011-03-18 um 12:15 schrieb Khaled Hosny: > They are, more or less, friends of mine, though I'm not sure I'll be > around when the reach OpenType development stage, but I don't think = > the > design they are after will require much of tricky OpenType hacks. If your kind of expertise isn=92t needed, the better - I can only see = that your samples look impressive, but have no clue how excellent = Arabic typography *should* look... ;-) Greetlings from Lake Constance! 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