On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:18:54 -0700, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John R. Culleton wrote:
First I ask the question: is Context the right tool for rtl
typesetting of e.g, Farsi? Second I would like a reference to the
pertinent Context manual
or module for such typesetting. Finally I would like to know if there
is a typescript extant for
Farsi (Persian) wich I believe uses the Arabic alphabet with some
modifications.
well, idris is using context for professional publications so rlt is
possible ...
In a recent thread with Mojca I give instructions to do basic utf-8 or
Latin-transcription Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu typesetting in ConTeXt using
Aleph and the basic unicode fonts that came with Omega. The font is very
basic, though. Much more advanced stuff is possible as well, using better
fonts, and I am working on an advanced Arabic-script typesetting system
which, while still experimental, produces some of the nicest Arabic script
available-) (I can send you samples if you like off-list)
No manuals, but go here to get a flavor of things:
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d97ost/omega-example.html
tex/context/base/m-gamma.tex
tex/context/base/type-omg.tex
You can use whatever font your client prefers, particularly if it does not
involve a lot of ligatures or vowels (most fonts used in Persian
typesetting are pretty basic in this regard, with the very important
exception of Nastaliq, which TeX/Aleph cannot do quite yet...)
As soon as Giuseppe and Hans get in sync on the future direction of things
in the internals of aleph and pdftex-) we should soon have Arabic-script
typesetting approaching a par with the Latin. Hopefully the two projects
will merge soon, and there has already been some movement in that
direction. In particular, the microtypography features of pdftex may
hopefully be extended to include, e.g., glyph substitution to get optimal
paragraph justification (since Arabic script does not have hyphenation,
etc....)
Best
Idris
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Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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