[XeTeX] [OT, xelatex] Persian text

[Vafa Khalighi]

If you are asking how to typeset traditional persian poems, that should not be too hard; all you need is bidi bundle. An example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times New Roman}
\newfontfamily\PersianFont[Script=Arabic]{Arial}
\usepackage{bidi}
\usepackage{bidipoem}
\newenvironment{mypoem}{\begin{RTL}\PersianFont\begin{traditionalpoem}}{\end{traditionalpoem}\end{RTL}}
\begin{document}
\begin{mypoem}
خوشا شیراز و وصف بی‌مثالش&خداوندا نگهدار از زوالش\\
خوشا شیراز و وصف بی‌مثالش&خداوندا نگهدار از زوالش\\
خوشا شیراز و وصف بی‌مثالش&خداوندا نگهدار از زوالش\\
خوشا شیراز و وصف بی‌مثالش&خداوندا نگهدار از زوالش\\
خوشا شیراز و وصف بی‌مثالش&خداوندا نگهدار از زوالش
\end{mypoem}
\end{document}

To help you better, I need more details about how you want to format the English translation, Do you want it to be in two half verses? if so, just use traditionalpoem environment for the translation.

On Jan 14, 2013, at 02:34 PM, "Theodore M Rolle, Jr." <stercor at gmail.com> wrote:

I wish to typeset Persian text, no math, consisting of poems in Persian
with English translations following.

I've tried an embarrassing number of "solutions," non of which worked.
Can someone provide me with a minimum working example of how to do this?
I'd like to use Linux Biolinum O text for the English translation.

Ted


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