It's a serious allegation to say that the Kacst fonts are a rip-off of a Bitstream font as if true then the Kacst fonts would have to be withdrawn. However, I can't see any evidence whatsoever to support your claim.
Looking at the screen shot you provided, and overlooking rendering flaws at different point sizes, there are some very apparent differences: All letters: Kacst: the stroke is delicate and at tight turns is considerably reduced in width Cyberbit: the stroke is much more uniform in width even through turns waaw: Kacst: The tail extends considerably beyond the main loop Cyberbit: The tail does not extend beyond the main loop raa': Kacst: The tail sweeps considerably forward Cyberbit: the tail does not sweep forward but mainly downward faa': Kacst: There is a long tail Cyberbit: the tail is short laam: Kacst: the turn into the loop is very tight Cyberbit: the turn is almost semi-circular yaa': Kacst: the angle of the turn is not particularly tight Cyberbit: the angle of the turn is quite acute In actual fact, I can't find one letter that looks like it was copied from Cyberbit. wassalaam abdulhaq On Sunday 06 June 2004 10:29, Arafat Medini wrote: > take a look at this screenshot: > > http://www.silverpen.de/fonts2.png > > As you can see: > > +the Arabic Kacst fonts are an indirect rip of bitstream cyberbit! So no > real innovation here. > +They lack contrast, and don't have natural design. > in every font at least one letter is not good. > +They are too linear not smoot like tahoma for eg. so they hurt they > eyes, especially if you'll use them in everyday life. > +The only font that looks promising is KacstQura but it has major > problem with resizing.(kacstQura at 9 pts) > +I am for a fast solution, and as long as I can see Arabic with these > fonts they are for me Arabic fonts, technology is technology there isn't > Arabic or persian technology as long as the output is the same. > > > If not, we should then suggest to add Arabic fonts (khotot) _and_ > > Persian ones. > > we can't there is only one fonts called bitstream cyberbit, and the > fonts will be maybe included in it, so at the end only one font will be > chosen, as if you start tahoma and you only have one Arabic font. But > maybe the fonts will be destributed separately in this case I am > naturally in fvour of some Kacst fonts BUT they are still not good > enough, and who works wins... > > > Salam, > > Salam > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
