Which software is best for Arabic, Urdu font?
Tanveer Qureshi
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Glyphs has great support for developing Arabic fonts. Check out the tutorial: https://glyphsapp.com/tutorials/arabic1
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I recommend contacting Omar Type Foundry in Lahore. They make what I consider the best OpenType format Arabic script fonts, in terms of both design and technical capability.
That said, if you are interested in making a nastaliq font, be aware that the OpenType format wasn't designed to handle cascading styles of Arabic script, and it is very ill-suited to controlling the relationships of mark positioning and inter-lettergroup spacing in such styles, especially where the Urdu ے (barree yeh) letter is involved.0 -
> if you are interested in making a nastaliq font, be aware that the OpenType format wasn't designed to handle cascading styles of Arabic script.@ That's why we developed the tool Qalambartar to handle the dynamic Arabic script, especially this Nastaliq http://maryamsoft.com/product/fontshop/main/wm_mirza-jali-htm/To see how Qalambartar works, just have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZ66gUVVCI
and the attached QB-English.pdf0 -
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John Hudson said:I recommend contacting Omar Type Foundry in Lahore. They make what I consider the best OpenType format Arabic script fonts, in terms of both design and technical capability.
That said, if you are interested in making a nastaliq font, be aware that the OpenType format wasn't designed to handle cascading styles of Arabic script, and it is very ill-suited to controlling the relationships of mark positioning and inter-lettergroup spacing in such styles, especially where the Urdu ے (barree yeh) letter is involved.
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Vasil Stanev said:
I know what is your point now as I learn later and this post was old.
Thanks!0
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