[Lexicog] Arabic-based scripts in Shoebox on Arabic-enabled computers

[Peter Kirk]

On 19/04/2004 12:12, Patrick Chew wrote:

>
> ...
>
> At 07:59 AM 4/19/2004, Peter Kirk wrote:
> >No, but the difference is mostly in the fonts, although the differences
> >in yeh and kaf may be considered stylistic. I am not an expert, but this
> >is what I have understood from those who are.
>
>          From what I've gathered, a lot of the differences between Arabic
> and Farsi typesetting lies primarily in glyph choices, esp. with
> regards to
> Urdu.


Well, Urdu is neither Farsi nor Arabic, but something rather different,
although closer to Farsi. There are some additional significant
differences in Urdu, which are well described in the article you mentioned:

>          I've found an online article which gives a nice basic
> overview of
> the whole situation:
> http://www.agfamonotype.com/presentations/iuc-24-km/ArabicCharactersUseGuide.pdf
>
This seems very clear and useful - although it doesn't deal with
languages other than the big three and a few variants. I understand that
there are some additional complications e.g. in Sindhi where I think two
forms of kaf are used contrastively, rather like the two forms of yeh in
Urdu.


--
Peter Kirk
peter at qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk at qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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