Stats: Version 0.3 2001 has 1,901 glyphs and no kerning pairs A later, more complete version comes with Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003. Once you sign up, download the "Volt supplemental files" self-extracting archive (voltsupplementalfiles.exe) listed under "What's New". Source: Available from the Microsoft VOLT users community. Support: Arabic script (Arabic, Persian), Latin Stats: Version 1.01 has 458 glyphs and no kerning pairs Source: Comes with Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows 2000. It appears that no additional letters are required for these languages. All of the fonts on this page will, at a minimum, support Persian/Farsi.Īll of these languages have used Persian script, the Cyrillic alphabet, and the Latin alphabet at some point.ĭepending on geographic location, Persian script with added letters is still used.Īssume the fonts shown here do not support a given language unless it is specifically noted along with Arabic script in the Support line. The Persian/Farsi language is used in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and a large number of other countries. Refer to SIL's " Replacing your Uniscribe dll" page.Īssume the fonts shown here do not support the Arabic Supplement block unless it is noted in the font's "Support" line.
On Windows, a new version of the Uniscribe engine (usp10.dll) is required for the Arabic Supplement letters to join properly.
Unicode version 4.1.0 added the Arabic Supplement block (U+0750 - U+077F) which contains additional, extended Arabic letters mainly for languages used in Northern and Western Africa (such as Fulfulde, Hausa, Songhoy and Wolof).
Likewise, explicit ligatures are also encoded in the PRESENTATION blocks. For compatibility with existing standards, Unicode also defined codepoints with explicit positions for most letters (ARABIC PRESENTATION FORMS-A & -B), although use of these characters is discouraged. It is up to the font to show the letter with the proper appearance.
Arabic codepoints in the U+0600 - U+06FF range represent all of the letters without regard to their position. Since Arabic script is cursive, the appearance of a letter changes depending on its context/position: isolated, initial (joined on the left), medial (joined on both sides), and final (joined on the right). Numerals vary by language and Unicode has set aside two ranges for Arabic script numbers: "Arabic-Indic digits" (U+0660 - U+0669) for use with the Arabic language and "Eastern Arabic-Indic digits" (U+06F0 - U+06F9) for use with all other languages that employ Arabic script. There's a separate page for Urdu script was adapted from Persian.Īrabic script is written from right-to-left but numbers are written from left-to-right. It has been adapted to write many additional languages. Persian script is an adaptation of Arabic script. WAZU JAPAN's Gallery of Unicode Fonts Persian.
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