Arabic-L:GEN:Vowel markings with Mellel on Mac query

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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1) Subject:Vowel markings with Mellel on Mac query
1) Subject:Dil's response

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Date: 07 Apr 2008
From:Vowel markings with Mellel on Mac query
Subject:Alexander Elinson" <alexander.elinson at gmail.com>

Dear All,

The recent discussion has prompted this question: I am preparing some
Arabic text on a Mac using Mellel. When I have a letter with a shadda
and a short vowel over it, the short vowel shows up right on top of
the shadda, resulting in a smudge-like mark. This is both onscreen,
and when printed. I have tried different fonts, font sizes,
magnifications, etc., but to no avail. Is there a way to deal with
this so as to have a clearly vowelled text, shaddas and all?

Thank you,

Alexander Elinson
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Department of Classical and Oriental Studies
Hunter College of the City University of New York

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Date: 07 Apr 2008
From:Vowel markings with Mellel on Mac query
Subject:Dil's response

I also cannot get vowel markings to work properly on Mellel.  You  
should know, however, that using the exact same font, and pasting the  
exact same text into Textedit, they work perfectly.  So if your text  
is not fancy in terms of formatting, you might just want to use  
Textedit for the ones where you need shaddas combined with vowels.  It  
also works fine on Indesign ME.
dil

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