Urdu language digitization

Sat Mar 9 17:49:30 UTC 2013

yes right, not just ubuntu but non of the softwares does so,  the only way
is to use css3 font feature.

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Sneetsher <sneetsher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to be clear for me, even after installing Urdu language support in
> Ubuntu. The Defaults (like fonts in firefox) Does not support well Urdu.
> The user need to do many changes to fix problems with that.
>
> right? or i am still missing things?
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Shabbir Ahmed <shabbir1282 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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