On Fri, 14 May 2010 06:37:02 -0600, Khaled Hosny <khaledho...@eglug.org>
wrote:
>>for arabic you really need to set the interline space (idris might
>>have more input on this)
>>
>>- it has more height than depth
>
>Not always عٍ or فيٍ is as deep as high is أً.
so for say 12pt arabic we should use 8pt ht and 8pt depth?
I'm not sure about this, but I'd rather trust the font designer for
knowing better about his font, and something like in the attached file
(except it doesn't work :) see my other mail)
systems : begin file linespace.tex at line 7
! You can't use `\dimexpr' in horizontal mode.
<recently read> \dimexpr
\setstrutgridyes ...e \strutheightfactor \dimexpr
\normallineheight \fi
\str...
\setstrut ->\ifgridsnapping \setstrutgridyes
\else \setstrutgridnop \fi
<inserted text> ...nizefont \fi \spacing \plusone
\presetnormallineheight
\s...
\setfontparameters ...tsfalse \the \everybodyfont
\synchronizefontstrue
\dosetupspecifiedinterlinespaceindeed ...rameters
\updateraggedskips
...
l.24 \stopluacode
?
In any case, overly trusting the font designer is a bad idea in this
arena, particularly with Arabic fonts. For example, vowels are treated as
something of an afterthought even in "good" arabic fonts; yet they affect
linespace calculations. In a document with no vowels one can get away with
things you cannot get away with when they are extensively used; manual
control is essential. And "good" arabic fonts contain numerous errors
anyway.
This is part of the luatex/mkiv philosophy anyway; otherwise we'd just use
uniscribe or pango ;-)
Peace
Idris
--
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Shi`i Studies
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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