Thanks very much, Blake. So at this point, should we just sit tight, knowing that the issue is under review?
Best, Brad On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:34 PM Blake Carver <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a JIRA here about providing better support for right-to-left > (RTL) scripts, ideally bi-directional text > > > https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/ANW/issues/ANW-1144 > > And another about Hebrew characters printed left-to-right in staff-side > PDFs > > > https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/ANW/issues/ANW-1195 > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> on behalf of > Bradley Bauer <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 8, 2021 12:41 AM > *To:* Archivesspace Users Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Using Arabic or right-to-left > scripts in AS title field > > Hello all, > > I am interested in this as well, as I have wanted to enter Arabic titles > of documents or printed items (such as ephemera or printed material) in > their own script, and not just as transliterated text, where possible. > > Over the months, I have experienced a couple of things when doing so, > either in the title field, or in notes. > > On one level, having both the Arabic and Latin script in the same field > won't work, left-to-right and right-to-left texts don't share fields very > well. That led me to start using the "notes" field at the file level, so I > could put an alternate form of the title below, and see whether it > displays. I tried this initially using English in the title field, and > Arabic in the note (although one could do the reverse as well). The first > time I tried that, when I created a preview copy, it gave me just hash-tag > symbols instead of Arabic text. Recently when I tried again, I got Arabic > letters, but separated, and only in their initial form, not the medial or > final forms of the letters (using the correct form is critical in Arabic > text, which has three forms based on the placement of a given letter within > a word). So the display in Arabic would read something like this: > A-R-A-B-I-C_T-E-X-T. > > If there are some well-proven work-arounds for that, it would be really > helpful to know. > > Best regards, > > Brad Bauer > NYU Abu Dhabi Library > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 2:23 AM Jasmine Soliman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to connect with anyone who is currently using, or experimenting > with, Arabic or r-t-l script in the title field of AS. We've had mixed > results with punctuation/typographical symbols when trying to include both > English and Arabic in the title, so I'd like to connect with anyone working > on this. > > Best regards, > Jasmine > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list > [email protected] > http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group > > > > -- > Brad Bauer > Librarian for Archives and Special Collections > New York University Abu Dhabi > PO Box 129188 > Saadiyat Island > Abu Dhabi, UAE > e-mail: [email protected] > phone: +971 2 628 7335 > > _______________________________________________ > Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list > [email protected] > http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group > -- Brad Bauer Librarian for Archives and Special Collections New York University Abu Dhabi PO Box 129188 Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi, UAE e-mail: [email protected] phone: +971 2 628 7335
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