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• Conference for Arabic @ Jawi Writing in Brunei
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problem with latin characters in my Arabic font
hi,
The Latin characters and numbers are looks like in the pic in the attachment! any knows why? it's default Latin characters in my arabic font, but why it's typing in this crazy way? any help?
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William Caslon's Arabic
Hello all,
I am about to embark on designing a bilingual publication in English and Arabic. With the client we have been using Caslon for a couple of existing projects already however this is the first time that the project needs to be designed with arabic as well. Overall I am looking for an arabic typeface to match Caslon. From what I understand (I am an absolute novice at this) however this kind of matching is not necessarily always visual but more based on the specific cultural context of the arabic typeface is that correct?
As a westerner not accustomed to using arabic typefaces at all I would be interested in an arabic typeface that would visually (at least in it's grayness / contrast) match the Caslon I am otherwise using but would be interested in any opinion or advice on the matter.
William Caslon appears to have designed an arabic typeface as well - however I can't really discern what his interpretation was like in terms of readability and overall functionality as an arabic typeface - would anyone of you be familiar with any contemporary re-makes of his arabic type?
I hope this questions are not in any way offensive to the visitors to this board - as I said I am very much a novice to this.
Attached is the only image of Caslon's Arabic that appears to circulate the web...
Thank you in advance for any reply.
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Chinese Arabic Calligraphy
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OpenType Features for Arabic font in Fontlab. Help.
Hi everyone.
I am new in the typography world, so I'm still learning new stuff.
I started creating Arabic font and I need all knowledge you are willing to share :)
I created design for each letter in every form and imported them in Fontlab Studio 5.1.
I still need to define final, initial and medial form through OpenType features (and ofcourse mark positioning).
I don't know what to type, what code, so if you know some good 'instructions' for this please let me know :)
Aleksandra
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Programs for Arabic font? HELP
Hi everyone,
I've just finished design of arabic font in fontlab. Then I imported it in Volt programe and when it comes to test the font's shapes in Volt, it doesn't show them! (and ofcourse font doesn't work in InDesign e.g.)
Do I need any other programe for it?
Please, help me, I'm almost done :)
Aleksandra
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KERNing in VOLT, problem.
Hi, there!
I have a problem with kerning using VOLT.
I completed kern settings in VOLT and it works, but only in VOLT. When I ship the font it recognize only kerning between numbers, but not between numbers and some letters (isolated letters eg.).
How do you solve this problem if you have it?
A.
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Gurmukhi typeface recommendations
Firstly, I realise that this is an Arabic subforum. But, I cannot find an appropriate place to post this.
I work with translators. There is a Punjabi poem that one wishes to be typeset in both the English translation and original Punjabi form (that is using Gurmukhi script). I would welcome any recommendations for any typefaces that cater to both conventional models and typesetting requirements of Gurmukhi script. Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
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Need to create a font for honorifics.
Peace be upon all my friends!
I want to create my own font for honorifics, to use in my website.
The challenge is that I would like to create ligatures to ensure that entire phrases are replaced by glyphs.
Could you guide me on which is the best tool for this purpose? I am new to this, and would love to have a tool that is intuitive. Paid options will also do.
Thanks!
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Twin Pencils 4 Jawi Typography
http://mylib.cakna.net/index.php/2014/article/download/657/638
Sorry no time to translate
https://translate.google.com/#ms/en/Twin%20Pencil%20dan%20tipografi
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Arabic Collections of Books and Manuscripts Online: A Free Resource
New Your University's Library is joined by other university libraries to provide scanned printed Arabic, Farsi etc. books and manuscripts.
http://dlib.nyu.edu/aco/
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Jawi Workshop in Singapore
Jawi has been an integral part of the Malay culture since the dawn of Islam in the Malay Archipelago region. It shaped the identity and distinction of the Malays in the past. Jawi also acts as a link between culture and religion as the Arabic letters are being used in the Holy Quran.
However, Jawi has been losing its relevance due to the modernisation of culture and the introduction of the Romanised Bahasa Melayu (Rumi). Thus, let us now take baby steps to recognise Jawi rekindle our love for this art.
Conducted by brother Hazrin Mohamad, founder and creative director of HAZWORKZ, the Art Of Jawi Workshop aims to explore a more contemporary aspect of Jawi where the idea of Jawi calligraphy will be introduced. Besides that, basic reading and writing of Jawi will be taught as well. You can visit Haz Workz fb page to his works and art. Its Facinating!!!
So, what are you waiting for? Come on down and join us to grab this "exclusive" chance towards rediscovering our heritage as well as the revival of Jawi!
Details
PROGRAM ITINERARY
10.00 am – 11.15 am Introduction of Jawi Alphabets & History
11.15 am – 12.00 pm Break (Short Brunch)
12.00 pm – 12.45 pm Introduction of Jawi Calligraphy
12.45 pm – 13.00 pm Short Break
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Continuation of Calligraphy
2.00 pm End of event
PURCHASE OF TICKETS
RSVP on our event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/731627836933067) and email your details directly (full name and contact number) to mcms@mymail.sim.edu.sg. We will then get in touch with you on how to proceed with payment
Should there be any enquiries, you may leave a direct message to our FB page or contact Bro Faiq at 9684 2660.
Location:
Singapore Institute of Management HQ, 461 Clementi Road Singapore 599491
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Font with Phonetic Arabic
I am a historian, and not an expert in fonts, but I am frustrated. I am looking for an English font that has the equivalent phonetic letters to Arabic letters. Eg. A heavy T with a dot under it, a dhall or d with a line through it, etc. Is there a font similar to Garamond (for publishing purposes) that has all of these characters?
EG: Sa’īd Ibn Ḥusayn changes his title to Imām ’Abid Allāh al-Mahdī Billāh.
I find myself using multiple fonts to find all of the different characters I need. Is there one font that has them all? Perhaps an Arabic font that contains them? I prefer to purchase it so that I can use it regularly.
I am currently inquiring about Brills new font, which seems brilliant, but not available for commercial use... ie they do not want any competitors using it. Any suggestions anyone?
Dan Gibson
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Arabic Mark Positioning pdf display problem
Hi
I adjusted the mark positioning lookup for my Arabic opentype font in VOLT. The shipped font works correctly in most applications in Mac, PC and ioS8 . However I discovered a case where problems occur: When exporting from Word 2013 to PDF the vertical mark positions are not adjusted at all, and they stay in their default positions. This does not occur in a font like Arial, as seen to the bottom of the illustration.
Any suggestions to solve this welcome
vladimir
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Any tuturial about Kerning arabic font in MS Volt?
Any tutorial about how to kerning in Arabic font in MS Volt? I need to know the right way to kerning
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AlQuds OpenType Arabic Fonts Released
Proudly announcing the completion of a type projected I started as a teenager in Palestine around 1961 - AlQuds ('Holy One' the Arabic name for Jerusalem) is probably the first Arabic San-serif type design. I discussed it with Monotype and Letraset in England in 1965. A special version for Deco Type's Tasmeem InDesign plug-in was released in 2007, and now finally the OpenType version of two AlQuds families with 6 fonts each was just released by Monotype in 2015. Do the math - 50 years later!
Grateful thanks to all who encouraged, or offered invaluable technical advice in this work. Apart from the inspiration of Eric Gill's San-Serif and book on typography, a meeting with the late Nasri Khattar and correspondence with the late Hiromo Hara, most of you are here at Typophile: Mamoun Sakkal, Nadine Chahine, John Hudson, Thomas Milo, Tiffany Wardle de Sousa, Karsten Lueke, Saad Abulhab, Claudio Piccinini, Titus Nemeth, Aziz Mostafa, Malcolm Wooden, Zuhair Albazi and others, and last but not least Hasan Abu Afash without his VOLT expertise the project could not have been completed properly!
http://vladimirtamari.com/alquds/
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Looking for Arabic fonts to combine with Gill Sans in headlines and with Scala or sth similar in the long copy
Hello everybody,
Right now I'm designing an academic online magazine, and I'm looking for
1) an Arabic font to pair with Gill Sans for headlines (light) and sub-heads (reg)
2) an Arabic font to pair with a humanist serif like Scala (it must be a font that supports Greek) in the long copy.
I've been doing some research, and came across some stuff that I liked, but I know really only a little bit about Arabic typography (I'm really not a typography specialist anyway), so I thought I'd try to get some professional's opinion (besides my partner's, whom I'll pester with my questions tonight, too).
I especially enjoyed reading this discussion: http://typophile.com/node/92658
Since the academic project is about research in different medieval cultures, I definitely want to avoid a "latinized" Arabic font by all means.
I started out with the Quadraat – which I love – for the logo and headlines (sans) and long copy (serif), and the client liked it for the long copy, but settled for the Gill as headline font – which is also fine with me.
Then it turned out that they'll have Greek and Arabic words in headlines and text every now and then, so I have to change the text font as well to support Greek. I think Scala will do fine – it's long texts that will be read online as well as printed out on desktop printers.
Any suggestions? Also, if you have any other suggestions for the Latin fonts, I'm open to that as well.
Cheers!
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TypoGrid, Create your square kufi, pixel arts, grid typography
typogrid is a smart tool for typographers and graphic designers helps them to create typography letters and pixel arts based on the grids system.
In 2011, I developed the first version of this web application under "Square Kufi / Kufi Murabba" name. The concept of the app was to help users create one kind of arabic calligraphy which is Square Kufi using pen and eraser tools.
At the end of 2014, and after feedback and further development of my vision, I developed a lot of concepts to created an advanced and smart tool for typographers and graphic designers which would help them to create typography letters and pixel arts based on the grids system, in a much more faster way. Thus, this web application has now emerged as something more than a tool to create Kufi arabic calligraphy - it has become a TypoGrid.
Technical Features:
- User-friendly interface
- Export as SVG and PNG
- Import SVG files
- Compatible on iPad, Tablets and smart phones
http://qcalligraphy.com/typogrid1.0/
http://player.vimeo.com/video/121028665
http://player.vimeo.com/video/121029805
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