On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:52:22AM +0000, Meitham Jamaa wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to the list so I am not sure this is the right place to ask. > > We are working on adding Arabic support for ReportLab (our opensource > python-based pdf library). We > would like to rely on calling a library that supports Arabic shaping (and > character revering) > than inventing this in our library. > > Some contributors have submitted batches to the reportlab-users list with > working code that can > print Hebrew and Arabic using PyFriBidi, however some users said that batch > could not do Farsi (or > Pashto) shaping. Here is the thread for that conversation > http://two.pairlist.net/pipermail/reportlab-users/2009-November/008992.html > > We have also looked at the PyICU library but we could not figure out if the > layout engine binding > to ICU4C has been implemented or not. > > I'm wondering if anyone on this list has any experience with a good library > that can handle the > shaping for us, or has any suggestion or recommendation.
HarfBuzz[1] would be the most sensible option for you. However, the current library have no python bindings (the next version which is undergoing a rewrite had a preliminary python bindings[2]). [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz [2] http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/harfbuzz/2009-December/000497.html Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
