[XeTeX] xetex and the unicode bidirectional algorithm.

[Georg Duffner]

Am 07.12.2013 01:28, schrieb Dominik Wujastyk:
> I'm sensing, I think, that you don't like that font, Khaled?
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> Dominik :-)

He’s not alone and the Arabic is not the only problem...

Georg

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> 2013/12/5 Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org>:
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>>>>> Please, please, please, never ever use GNU free font for Arabic; it is
>>>>> the most hideous, crappy and useless un-Arabic font ever created, my
>>>>> blood boils every time I see it in use.
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>>>> Could you summarize what is wrong and report it?
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>>> All of it, the Arabic range is utter crap.
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>>>> Steve White will
>>>> certainly fix it (unless it is better toreplace the whole Arabic
>>>> block).
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>>> I did, and even offered to work on replacement, but the offer was turned
>>> down.
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>>>> I see problems with dochachmee he, Urdu words as بھآرت and ؔٹھیک are
>>>> not displayed properly.
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>>> There is no point in looking at the microlevel, the whole thing is
>>> worthless garbage and should be tossed in the nearest trash bin. Whoever
>>> designed it has absolutely no idea about Arabic and its design, I take
>>> it personally and find this garbage an insult to the Arabic script. Show
>>> a text typeset with it to an Urdu speaker and he is likely to vomit in
>>> disgust.
>>>
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