Interesting. It seems like this is similar to an English text presentation layer replacing certain letter sequences with ligatures (e.g. "fi" and "fl"). It does not change the meaning of the text, but is to improve the visual appearance (per script-specific typographic conventions).
Thanks for sharing... On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Gert de Jong <[email protected]> wrote: > String resultText = new ArabicShaping(ArabicShaping.LE > TTERS_SHAPE).shape(text) > > See http://www.icu-project.org/applets/icu4j/4.1/docs-4_1_1/inde > x.html?com/ibm/icu/text/ArabicShaping.html > > > On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:26:09 +0100, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can you provide an example how this can be used with our PDF producing >> code? >> >> Tilman >> >> Am 22.12.2017 um 18:07 schrieb Gert de Jong: >> >>> I found out how to do it. I used the ArabicShaping class from icu4j. >>> There's not much info on this on the internet. >>> >>> Gert de Jong >>> >>> On Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:18:26 +0100, Tilman Hausherr < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Am 22.12.2017 um 14:18 schrieb [email protected]: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to draw arabic characters in such a way that the characters >>>>> are connected to each other. >>>>> Is this supported by pdfbox version 2? >>>>> >>>> >>>> No. We don't support "complex scripts". Try Apache FOP, if possible. >>>> >>>> Tilman >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2016.0.8013 / Virus Database: 4791/15244 - Release Date: >>>> 12/22/17 >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2016.0.8013 / Virus Database: 4791/15244 - Release Date: 12/22/17 >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
