I decided to try out the recently advertised group [EMAIL PROTECTED] thinking I could find out what is involved in adjusting embedding permissions and kerning (I just picked up this term and don't know if that is indeed what is causing the diacritics to break up connecting letters) in my old version of Nazanin which looks much nicer than Borna's.
Now, someone from M$ is also in that group and trying to tell me I don't have any right to tamper with Nazanin. Can anyone here tell me who invented Nazanin? I was under the impression that it was freeware before the term "freeware" was invented. Although my version has "Sinasoft" written on it, I have no idea who or what Sinasoft is and if they are the original makers or whether they just "improved "it or what. -Connie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:43:50 -0800 From: Paul Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Arabic script languages and diacritics The issue with browsers who break on diacritics is not font related. It is the shaping engines that is responsible for determining the contextual shape of the Arabic script text. If an engine does not "ignore" the presense of diacritics in the shaping process they will not know that one base letter should be initial and the next should be final because their shaping algorithm does not match the base letters. I would like to point out that many fonts are stolen or are not something that a person who does not own the outlines has the rights to modify. The original outlines for Nazanin belong to Linotype who has never provided a public domain font. Unless you have permission of the font owner to modify the font you are breaking a licensing agreement. Honesty, integrity and protecting intellectual property rights of software (fonts are software) is critical for the computer industry to succeed. If you are trying to feed your family from writing software and everyone steals it, you will have to find another job to feed your family, or go hungry. Regards, Paul Nelson Development Lead Microsoft Typography _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
