Just an update - I created another card with the exact same phrase (one for 
each:  MSA, ECA, LCA), and typed each word out, and it seems to display 
alright now; I wonder if I copied and pasted the scrunched up one?  Unsure. 
 But it seems to be working for now.  Thanks!

On Friday, September 28, 2012 2:50:17 PM UTC-4, Ayesha Nicole wrote:
>
> Hmmm.  This is strange and I am confused.  For the word cards with 'as 
> salaamu 'alaikum' in Arabic, it formats fine as 2 words (attached).  And I 
> will try some more couplets (2 words) and phrases (3+ words) and see what 
> happens.  And it is also puzzling because I was able to use this 
> specialized font in Anki, but setting up the format (html code) is not 
> going to work for me - I prefer formatting buttons and drop down menus.  
>
> I even tried other Arabic fonts (such as the standard Microsoft Word 
> packaged font for Arabic called 'Arabic Typesetting') and have the same 
> results as the first attachment.  I could use Arial for Arabic, but the 
> script is not as nice in appearance, in my opinion.   Maybe I will just 
> create a card type for this particular phrase using Arial font, until I 
> figure out what is causing it?
>
>   
>
> On Friday, September 28, 2012 10:46:18 AM UTC-4, Peter Bienstman wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid this is not something Mnemosyne has direct control over: font 
>> rendering is handled by the GUI library we use (Qt4, same as Anki BTW). 
>>
>> So, this is probably a bug in Qt. Perhaps you can try with a different 
>> font. (I use Arial for arabic, and don't see any issues, apart from the 
>> kasra being difficult to see) 
>>
>> Peter 
>>
>> On 09/28/2012 04:32 PM, Ayesha Nicole wrote: 
>> > Hi there! 
>> > 
>> > I am unsure why the Arabic text is scrunched up for a phrase?  And I 
>> > thought I fixed it by checking the card type with the foreign word font 
>> > as KFGQPC Nashk at 72 pt. and writing system set to Arabic.  The set up 
>> > of the card displays it properly in the field, but not in preview or 
>> > when reviewing.  I attached screen shots. 
>> > 
>> > What do you advise, please? 
>> > 
>> > Thank you. 
>> > 
>> > Ayesha 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:31:17 AM UTC-4, Ayesha Nicole wrote: 
>> > 
>> >     Thank you - again!  I cannot tell you how refreshing this 
>> experience 
>> >     has been for me, especially after literally fighting with Anki 2, 
>> >     which makes SM15 easier by comparison, but still overwhelming with 
>> a 
>> >     very complex interface. 
>> > 
>> >     Mnemosyne is/truly/ simple and easy to use!  :D  Now I can focus on 
>> >     actually learning, instead of studying code to achieve very basic 
>> >     'formatting' appearance of the cards! 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >     On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Peter Bienstman 
>> >     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 
>> > 
>> >         On 09/24/2012 09:55 PM, Ayesha Nicole M Beavers wrote: 
>> > 
>> >             Thank you!  It works so beautifully and easily! 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >         You're welcome :-) For Mnemosyne, we really try to focus on an 
>> >         elegant and easy-to-use workflow, without sacrificing 
>> flexibility. 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >             I was happy to see that Mnemosyne is based on SM11 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >         It's SM2, actually, but I'm not sure SM11 is a much better 
>> >         scheduler than SM2. 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >             is there a way to customize the text color of words on 
>> >             individual cards? 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >         The easiest option would be to clone several card types from 
>> >         Vocabulary, e.g. MSA, Egyptian, etc... and then you can colour 
>> >         each of them as you want. 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >             And is there an app (I have an iPhone) to synch with the 
>> >             desktop version 
>> >             for studying on the go? 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >         An off-line mobile client is on the todo list, but meanwhile 
>> you 
>> >         can do your mobile reviews in a browser. Just start the bundled 
>> >         'mnemosyne-webserver' application, which will tell you where to 
>> >         point your browser. Sound support for webserver reviews is 
>> still 
>> >         a bit shaky, though. 
>> > 
>> >         Peter 
>> > 
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