IE does not have specific limitations, per se, it mainly matters if you do
not choose a font explicitly and the font that is being used for the Arabic
subrange supports the character or not.
If the font does not support the character, then you will see a box there
instead; is that what you are seeing?
To check what font is being used for Arabic, go to Tools|Internet Options
and click on the "Fonts..." button. From there, choose the Arabic subrange
from the dropdown, and see what fonts are listed there.
michka
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Elhanan Adler" <elhanan@libnet.ac.il>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 5:47 AM
Subject: Extended Arabic in Microsoft IE?
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Our libraries are now nearing migration from an old ASCII based system
> (ALEPH-300) to a unicode based one (ALEPH 500-14.2).
>
> Hebrew, Arabic and Russian seem to convert ok and display properly
> with IE version 5.
>
> However, our old system had squeezed in three additional characters along
> with the basic Arabic. We believe these are converting properly in the
> database but IE may be only displaying the basic Arabic characters and not
> the "Extended Arabic letters" (0671+)
>
> Specifically, the characters we need which do not display are:
>
> 06A4, 06C0 and 06A8
>
> Does anyone have knowledge of a limitation in IE regarding "Extended
> Arabic" - and is it possible to remedy this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Elhanan
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