Hello,
I’m working on creating a professional Arabic font using FontCreator, and I’d like to build a complete Character Map from scratch. For this purpose, I’m looking for a ready-made and well-organized Excel file that contains all essential Arabic characters, including:
The four contextual forms of each basic letter (isolated, initial, medial, final)
Arabic and Eastern Arabic numerals
Full set of diacritics (fatha, damma, sukoon, shadda, etc.)
Common text symbols (like: ؟ ، ؛ ٪)
Suffixes, abbreviations, and other symbols commonly used in Arabic texts
I would also like the table to include the standard Smart Glyph Names, such as beh-arab.init, alef-arab.fina, etc., to make integration into FontCreator easier with proper GPOS/GSUB support.
Is such a file already available? Or is there a reliable method you would recommend for constructing it manually?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions!
