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Re: Arabic transliteration

From:bnathyuw <bnathyuw@...>
Date:Thursday, November 14, 2002, 15:27
 --- Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@...> wrote: > En réponse à
"Isaac A. Penzev" <isaacp@...>:
> > > > > <<<and Babelpad: > > >
http://uk.geocities.com/babelstone1357/Software/BabelPad.html>>>
> > > > Ahh! Looks intriguing... I'll try it, if it's not > too large (in the > > college > > we have size limitations for downloaded files: no > more than 2Mb). > > Otherwise > > I'll have to do it at home... > > > > If you're looking for a Unicode text editor, there > are quite a few around on > the web. There is for instance Unipad: > http://www.unipad.org, which despite > some limitations allows to use more than 52000 > Unicode characters even without > having the corresponding fonts (it has its own font > for that) and has a perfect > bi-directional support (but doesn't support vertical > scripts yet :(( ). > Unfortunately it's not free anymore :( . There is > also Yudit: > http://www.yudit.org/, which seems to be the best I > could find. It's originally > a Linux program but it has a Windows version. There > are quite a few others. See >
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/utilities_editors.html
> for a list. Maybe there > you can find an editor smaller than 2Mo. And of > course you can check to > download page of Unicode.org: >
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/onlinedat/products.html.
> > Among them all, it seems that Yudit is the best free > editor around. At least > for what I've understood of their different > webpages... >
i somehow managed to get unipad for free, but maybe it's some form of honesty system and i'm being dishonest . . . or maybe it's an old or beta version. anyway, anyone know of any way of forming vertical script. i REALLY want one for bac and i'm at a complete loss ( short of writing in the arabic direction and turning the page -90 degrees ! i also want to be able to ligature the characters correctly, so it looks like a bac font will be a while in the making ) bn ===== bnathyuw | landan | arR stamp the sunshine out | angelfish your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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