If you choose LaTeX, then sometimes it depends on the class you choose for the documentclass. For some classes the page numbers are typeset in persian if you define something like this beside the font definition command:<br>
\font\nazli="Nazli:script=arab,mapping=farsidigits" at 12pt<br>\renewcommand{\thepage}{\nazli\the\c@page}<br><br>--Mostafa Vahedi<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 20, 2008 9:07 AM, François Charette <<a href="mailto:firmicus@ankabut.net">firmicus@ankabut.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Petite Chez Scheme a écrit :<br><div class="Ih2E3d">> I am a TeXnician not a LaTeXnician.<br>
><br>> I am using plain XeTeX to produce persian typesetting, everything is good.<br>> 1) I just want to know how do you make the page numbers<br>> Arabic/Persian, I tried very hard but could not do it.<br>><br>
><br>> 2) I tried to make digits to be Persian/arabic in mathmode by defining:<br></div><...><br><div class="Ih2E3d">> Can please anyone help me with this matter?<br>><br><br></div>Dear "Petite Chez Scheme", << I would prefer addressing you with your<br>
real name, if possible!<br><br>You can have a look at my modules for Arabic and Persian in the<br>polyglossia package<br>(<br><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/texmf/tex/xelatex/polyglossia/" target="_blank">http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/texmf/tex/xelatex/polyglossia/</a><br>
).<br><br>This is for XeLaTeX of course, but the idea is also valid with plain<br>XeTeX: I simply to use a fontmapping in the default font that changes<br>Western digits to Arabic or Persian ones. The files for that are under<br>
<a href="http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/texmf/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/" target="_blank">http://scripts.sil.org/svn-view/xetex/TRUNK/texmf/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/</a><br><br>If you define<br>\font\nazli="Nazli:script=arab,mapping=farsidigits" at 12pt<br>
etc., then all numbers set with this font will be Farsi.<br><br>Hope it helps,<br><br>FC<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>XeTeX mailing list<br><a href="mailto:postmaster@tug.org">postmaster@tug.org</a><br>
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