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bug #65979: Arabic Alif Maqsura, Kaf and Lam Alif problems

Submitter:  Avid Seeker <avidseeker>
Submitted:  Thu 11 Jul 2024 08:07:03 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  individual character(s) Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Need info
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  Stevan_White
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  * development
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Thu 18 Jul 2024 11:25:22 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi,

I see the differences.  It is not clear to me what is a matter of correctness, and what is a matter of style -- but I am not an Arabic speaker. 

These letters were originally drawn by Arabic speakers.  My intent was to retain the style of the originals.  I may have messed them up, or they may have been messed up from the onset.

However, we don't simply copy styles of other fonts.

I will investigate, and compare different sources.  Unfortunately, I'm presently busy with other things.

Thanks for pointing this out!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Group administrator
Thu 11 Jul 2024 08:07:03 PM UTC, original submission:  

Attached is a screenshot of the problems in FreeSerif related to Arabic on Libreoffice. I attached a comparison between it and another font: Noto Naskh Arabic for the expected behavior.

1. Kaaf ك (U+0643) is shown at the end of the sentence with bent vertical part (in ending form): بنك
2. Alif Maqasura (U+0649) is shown with an extra stroke in its ending form: على
3. Lam + Alif Madd combination is not shown as initial Lam + Alif Madd (compare with Noto font): لآ لأ

Version 0412.2263

Avid Seeker <avidseeker>

 

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file #56263:  arabic-problems.png added by avidseeker (22KiB - image/png)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2024-07-18 Stevan_White CategoryNone individual character(s)
        StatusNone Need info
        Assigned toNone Stevan_White
    2024-07-11 avidseeker Attached File- Added arabic-problems.png, #56263

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