User "Huji" posted a comment on MediaWiki.r96783. Full URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/96783#c22344 Commit summary:
Adding Persian (Farsi) web-fonts. Please see my comment on the MediaWiki/Special:Version on this commit Comment: There are a number of free fonts available but their readability is a big issue. Many of them use a lot of vertical space or are too artistic (such as Nastaleeq) and not appropriate for the web. The majority of Persian website are currently using Tahoma, but because Tahoma is not a free font, there are issues with non-Windows machines. I'm aware that this is not the optimal solution; however, it at least allows a single look and feel for the wikis using WebFonts extension on all platforms (regardless of OS). One workaround can be to prune DejaVuSans and create another font which only contains ASCII characters and Persian glyphs. However, this is beyond my expertise at the moment. The solution is to create and use free fonts for Persian, something that has to be done by graphic artists. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-CodeReview mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-codereview
