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Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 5:31:47 PM7/6/12
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Hello !
Anyone know some cool Arabic webfonts ? I'm trying to fix a bug on Gaia,
related to arabic localization, and it remains this test before moving
to Gecko !

Thanks :)

Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 5:34:18 PM7/6/12
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PS : Gaia is using Open Sans, so anything else would be great !

Khaled Hosny

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Jul 6, 2012, 7:38:45 PM7/6/12
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Are you looking for a font for testing only or to be used on mobile UI?

Regards,
Khaled

Mohamed AMAROCHAN

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Jul 6, 2012, 7:41:08 PM7/6/12
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My proposition: Droid Naskh (Apache licence):
http://code.google.com/p/googlefontdirectory/source/browse/droidarabicnaskh/

(Android 4 font)

On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Khaled Hosny <khale...@eglug.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 10:31:47PM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
> Are you looking for a font for testing only or to be used on mobile UI?
>
> Regards,
> Khaled
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Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 7:44:23 PM7/6/12
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Le 07/07/2012 00:38, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 10:31:47PM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
> Are you looking for a font for testing only or to be used on mobile UI?
>
> Regards,
> Khaled

Yes, just for testing.

Khaled Hosny

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Jul 6, 2012, 7:52:08 PM7/6/12
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On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 12:44:23AM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
> Le 07/07/2012 00:38, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
> > On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 10:31:47PM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
> > Are you looking for a font for testing only or to be used on mobile UI?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Khaled
>
> Yes, just for testing.

Those links should do then:
http://levien.com/webfonts/i18n/arabic_links.html

BBC Arabic is using a web font too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/

Regards,
Khaled

Imran Omari

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:00:02 PM7/6/12
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BBC Arabic is using Nasim Arabic, which -as I know a commercial font

Imran Omari

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:00:02 PM7/6/12
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Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:03:22 PM7/6/12
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Le 07/07/2012 00:52, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 12:44:23AM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
>> Le 07/07/2012 00:38, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
>>> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 10:31:47PM +0100, Alexandre bm wrote:
>>> Are you looking for a font for testing only or to be used on mobile UI?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Khaled
>>
>> Yes, just for testing.
>
> Those links should do then:
> http://levien.com/webfonts/i18n/arabic_links.html

I like this one !! Thank you ! I'm testing the amiri one :)

Khaled Hosny

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:05:00 PM7/6/12
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On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 05:00:02PM -0700, Imran Omari wrote:
> BBC Arabic is using Nasim Arabic, which -as I know a commercial font

I know, but the OP didn't ask for libre-only fonts and for testing web
fonts, all you need it to open the page in the browser (if some other
sort of testing is needed, there are three libre fonts in the first
link).

Regards,
Khaled

Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:04:37 PM7/6/12
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Le 07/07/2012 01:00, Imran Omari a écrit :
> BBC Arabic is using Nasim Arabic, which -as I know a commercial font

Yes ! That's what I found this morning x) !

Alexandre bm

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Jul 6, 2012, 8:30:21 PM7/6/12
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Le 07/07/2012 01:05, Khaled Hosny a écrit :
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 05:00:02PM -0700, Imran Omari wrote:
>> BBC Arabic is using Nasim Arabic, which -as I know a commercial font
>
> I know, but the OP didn't ask for libre-only fonts and for testing web
> fonts, all you need it to open the page in the browser (if some other
> sort of testing is needed, there are three libre fonts in the first
> link).
>
> Regards,
> Khaled


Good news :) The issue was related to the actual font that is used (Open
Sans) ! and the CSS measurements were made relative to Open Sans's Latin
font ! è_é
Thanks for your contribution ! :)

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