Urdu language digitization

Sat Mar 9 17:33:54 UTC 2013

nafeesnaskh is ok, i just made a web site where i my self use CSS3 and
download this font for view. but i think you are not getting my intention?
is it?

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Sneetsher <sneetsher at gmail.com> wrote:

> For font,
> fonts-nafees (contains only one font,
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/quantal/fonts-nafees), I have compared
> it, it is the same as this one with same version:
> http://www.crulp.org/software/localization/Fonts/nafeesWebNaskh.html
>
> Could you please show me a page as an example to test my side too?
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/ BBC uses CSS3 to use web font instead of
> installed ones in users desktop.
>
> http://font.urduweb.org/ &
> http://anl4u.com/blog/install-urdu-fonts-in-linux-ubuntu-opensuse/collects many Urdu fonts for downloads if if they have license supports
> distributing. May be they could be packaged at least as non-free.
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Sneetsher <sneetsher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In firefox: Edit > Preferences > Content > Fonts & colors: Advanced
>>
>> Font for: try "Other Languages" as there is no Urdu then choose the font
>> you want.
>>
>> Let me know if it works or we will if we have to report an issue.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1282 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> can i use any script or patch to ubuntu that if a browser see urdu it
>>> should use nafees-font as default. as i browse firefox i cant read the text
>>> easily as it is not in the standard format.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1282 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> im note sure fonts-nafees, the file names are same but the one i have
>>>> is 286KB where as the one in ubuntu repo is only 86KB.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Sneetsher <sneetsher at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just read its license which allow modification, merging &
>>>>> distribution under same license with one exception concerning naming.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is it same font which is already packaged: fonts-nafees made by same
>>>>> center on Ubuntu?
>>>>> Does these fonts work well: fonts-nafees & fonts-paktype, both
>>>>> packaged for Ubuntu?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no experience about kbd layouts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Abdellah Ch.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1282 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ahan thanks alot for the reply, yes thats what i am talking about the
>>>>>> default keyboard layouts in operating systems and the default fonts are not
>>>>>> helpfull, thats what i want that every one should be able to read and write
>>>>>> urdu. yes i can send you our official (country) site where you can, not
>>>>>> only find font but keyboard lay out as well, made for windows machines. but
>>>>>> i can help you porting it to linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.crulp.org/software/localization/Fonts/nafeesWebNaskh.html
>>>>>> this is the link to font, if it's source is not available I can work
>>>>>> for and make it work again ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you can read and download other thing related to urdu.
>>>>>> http://www.crulp.org/software/localization.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if you want to discuss it in more detail i am available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>> Shabbir.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Yaron Shahrabani <sh.yaron at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Shabbir!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I actually investigated some Linux issue about Urdu fonts in
>>>>>>> Chromium and Firefox, apparently the default fonts doesn't work correctly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you name a single open source font that can be the default for
>>>>>>> Urdu?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't read Urdu very well but since I can understand Arabic I can
>>>>>>> see what letters might be wrong or misleading.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What else can you tell us about Urdu support in computerized systems?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yaron Shahrabani
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <Hebrew translator>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1282 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> I love open source, here I explain how i want to contribute.
>>>>>>>> actually i am looking for a way to tell wat im upto.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I belong to Pakistan her Urdu language is spoken and understood,
>>>>>>>> many of the ppl want to use web but they cant use it just bcaz they dont
>>>>>>>> understand english, every thing that is published in urdu here is in the
>>>>>>>> format of images over the internet and you can understand issues with a
>>>>>>>> text published as an image over the web, the text takes longer to download,
>>>>>>>> cant search, u cant search for a inside word from google etc. my wish is
>>>>>>>> that we together work for those who want to use the web and use it right in
>>>>>>>> their own language. theres support already included many browsers and OS
>>>>>>>> but that is not standard, the font is not it has to be to be more readable.
>>>>>>>> for urdu any time browsed via internet should hv a default font which is
>>>>>>>> our national font call nastaleeq. this font is used for every news paper in
>>>>>>>> our country and all the official publishing. Please guide how can you help
>>>>>>>> me further improve the web experience and bring more ppl to internet from
>>>>>>>> countries like us. we can further talk find ways to move forward.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> this is my dream I shall be thankful i guess this is a charity,
>>>>>>>> bring them closer to the world and increase their knowledge.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>>>>
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