new arabic font development

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hi there

i’m developing a new arabic font using this software

i’m almost done with the font but

i need to include more legritures to the font other than what’s used in most of the fonts already in the market

legritures are as i beleive, composition of more than one character

they can be found in the list of categories found in SELECT button (in Properties window of a glyph)

i’m using the category (Arabic … A) and (Arabic… B) at the end of the list

each legriture has a code

i tried to add one but it’s not showing when i test the font

also the kerning is not working with me
meaning, i made some kerning but not showing when i test the font

plz, can any expert here tell me what to do…


i’m using windows xp and Office 11

wafi

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Hello wafi,

I have no knowledge of Arabic fonts and associated ligatures but you say:

also the kerning is not working with me
meaning, i made some kerning but not showing when i test the font

The Window accessed by Font → Test does not show kerning. You need to go to View → Toolbars → Preview to see your kerning changes. Keep taking the tick/check out of the Kerning box and then re-inserting it to see changes.

Joe.

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As for ligatures, they don’t automatically appear. I’m sure your Arabic keyboard layout has certain standard ligatures, but having custom ligatures requires further work. I would suggest getting ahold of Microsoft’s Open Type tool, VOLT, in order to have automatic custom ligatures. That said, not all software currently supports Open Type features, but the software that doesn’t will still treat it as a normal True Type font.

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hi again

thankx jowaco and vanisaac

i realy appreciate your help and i’ll make use of it

i will post the updates soooooooooooooooon…

bye :slight_smile: