Re: Making necessary OpenType features on by default

["Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد" <ishamid@colostate.edu>]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:41:39 -0700, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny@eglug.org>  
wrote:

>> Not too bad a font. Like Lotus, it works best at smaller text sizes, not
>> greater than 12 point.
>>
>> The فلله lig should be off by default, there are other Arabic word
>> combinations that use that combo that have nothing to do with الله.
>
> I can't think in any other word on top of my head,

فَلَّلَهُ "he notched or broke it in many places"

> but I'm fine with
> making it a 'dlig' instead, it isn't very common any way.

sure

>> Next steps:
>>
>> 1. Can I add some fixes to this thing as well or would you like to keep
>> 100% maintainance?
>>
>> 2. I can try to put in some time in the coming weeks to develop this  
>> into
>> a default setup for ConTeXt-mkiv -- per recent discussions -- or I can
>> leave that to you/Otared and just review the results. Just let me know
>> how you would like to proceed.
>
> Of course you are welcomed, actually I won't have much free time till
> the end of march, it'd be nice if you can work on it.

Ok, let's say whoever gets to it first in the next few days and weeks :-)

سلام
Idris

-- 
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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