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Re: Optical correction in Arabic monoline
Somewhat as an aside: There have been a lot of assertions in this thread about how we — collectively or as individuals — read. I think it is important to restate what should be obvious, given that co…4 -
Re: Optical correction in Arabic monoline
Khaled, I'd not seen that paper before. It seems mostly to deal with perception of vowels in vocalised text. In the conclusion there is a reference to an earlier study, which I think is the one …2 -
Re: Optical correction in Arabic monoline
It would likely also result in a different word or a pattern that suggests a different word. The lack of vowels in most written Arabic and Persian makes letter jumbling much more confusing than in En…2 -
Re: the OpenType features UI questionnaire /Q2
On the subject of supplemental fonts containing OTL discretionary variants as default forms — something that I've resisted making, on the grounds that I shouldn't have to bend over backward…7 -
Re: Naming font modifications
It is precisely to avoid having existing documents in the standard font infected by a custom version — or vice versa — that we customise the name when we customise the font. There are too many variab…13
