Re: URDU fonts

From: Majid Bhurgri (mbhurgri@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 20 2000 - 01:39:42 EST


If this font does not conform to Unicode and Windows standards, and
apparently it does not, then it won't be recognized as an Arabic script
font. I know there is one Urdu font on Microsoft's website, and also the
Urdu keyboard. You can try downloading and using that font.

Abdul-Majid Bhurgri

>From: "Multi-Linguist" <mlinguist@mantraonline.com>
>To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
>Subject: URDU fonts
>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 21:44:24 -0800 (GMT-0800)
>
>Good day,
>I am here once again with the URDU font problem. I downloaded one of the
>free URDU TTF fonts available on the Internet. But the problem is that it
>does not show up in the Arabic right to left typing in MS-Word. Rather it
>shows up in the English Left to Right typing. Can we use it alongwith the
>Arabic font for typesetting an URDU HTML page, in Arabic Windows-98??
>I hope my question is clear.
>Best regards and Merry Christmas
>Paresh
>
>

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