Thanks. Now I have another problem: The output of \begin{arab}[trans] {al-^say_h al-`Alim \UC na.sIr \UC al-dIn \UC al-.tUsI } \end{arab} is not as expected: it's not in iatlic! On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 12:08, Anas Ghrab <anas.ghrab at saramusik.org> wrote: > \newfontinstance\arabicfont[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.2,WordSpace=2]{XB Zar}