Urdu language digitization

[Shahar Or]

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On Mar 9, 2013 7:49 PM, "Shabbir Ahmed" <shabbir1282 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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