Re: New beta release of Persian Fonts
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 08:55, C Bobroff wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/farsitools/farsifonts-0.2.zip?download
>
> The first sourceforge attempt DID download but was unusable. I had
> to make use of the "Your download should begin shortly. If it does not,
> try ," then it was ok. Maybe other people are having problems too?
So you got the file after all, I assume?
> Poor Homa has those zeroes which get confused with the 5! (Not your
> problem, though!)
The zeros are not that big. I'm sure people experienced with the script
won't have problems.
On a separate note, you should see Mosahab's Persian Encyclopedia
(orignially published in 1345, reprinted with a few corrections by
AmirKabir in 1380, ISBN 964-303-044-X). To avoid ambiguity problems with
a dot, a middle dot, a five, and a degree sign, he uses a big European
zero in Perian contexts. ("۱۲۳0" and things like that, if your mailer
reads UTF-8.) Dr Masoumi-Hamedani, from the Persian Academy, has told me
that it was Mosahab's work that convinced everyone they should use
hollow zeros in Persian. Of course the prefernce is with a small hollow
zero. Just big enough to make the hollowness show.
> I'm thinking you should widen the space in Koodak some more. Try typing
> Reh+Kaf+space+Reh+Kaf.
The Reh and Kaf problem is a kerning issue. We will be trying to solve
that after our first stable release (1.0).
> I was going to complain about the diacritics being too far from the
> letter they're supposed to be accompanying but if I switch to Nafees
> Naskh, I don't see too much improvement.
That will also be improved after 1.0.
> Perhaps it's the OS's fault, not the font's.
It's usually the font's. Depends on the OS, of course. To get a font
working on both Win9x and WinXP, you'll need to redo the work and have
two tables in the font, one for each. We will go with the new way of
course.
roozbeh
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Re: New beta release of Persian Fonts
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/farsitools/farsifonts-0.2.zip?download The first sourceforge attempt DID download but was unusable. I had to make use of the "Your download should begin shortly. If it does not, try ," then it was ok. Maybe other people are having problems too? Poor Homa has those zeroes which get confused with the 5! (Not your problem, though!) I'm thinking you should widen the space in Koodak some more. Try typing Reh+Kaf+space+Reh+Kaf. I was going to complain about the diacritics being too far from the letter they're supposed to be accompanying but if I switch to Nafees Naskh, I don't see too much improvement. Perhaps it's the OS's fault, not the font's. I don't know. (OF course, Nafees Naskh is not complete yet either and the short vowels are a recent addition and perhaps under construction.) Sorry for not being more prompt with feedback. I know it's a lonely business making a Persian font and thinking no one cares so let me just say GOOD JOB! -Connie ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: New beta release of Persian Fonts
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 07:45, C Bobroff wrote: > > You can download your copy from: > > > > http://www.farsiweb.info/font/farsifonts-0.2.zip > > I can't download. > I'm getting an alert box that says "The Compressed (zipped) Folder is > invalid or corrupted." Can't reproduce that. Works just fine here. See if the following works for you: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/farsitools/farsifonts-0.2.zip?download roozbeh ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: New beta release of Persian Fonts
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > You can download your copy from: > > http://www.farsiweb.info/font/farsifonts-0.2.zip I can't download. I'm getting an alert box that says "The Compressed (zipped) Folder is invalid or corrupted." Is it just me? -Connie ___ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
