New Ubuntu Arabic Font

[Yaron Shahrabani]

​Hi David,
The pdf file itself contains some directionality mistakes, the Arabic text
is aligned to the left but it's directionality is LTR.

Any info regarding the Hebrew version of the font? It was very long time
ago.

​

Yaron Shahrabani

<DevOps - Hebrew translator>


On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 1:24 PM, David Planella <
david.planella at canonical.com> wrote:

> Forwarding the message to test the new Arabic font to Ubuntu Translators:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
> Date: Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:35 PM
> Subject: New Ubuntu Arabic Font
> To: daker at ubuntu.com, AhmedKhattabShams at gmail.com,
> bilal.akhtar96 at gmail.com, o.bounaim at gmail.com, rafik at ubuntu.com,
> mehdi at ubuntu.com, dani.behzi at ubuntu.com, roozbeh at roozbehonline.com,
> sadeqzabihi at gmail.com
> Cc: Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach at canonical.com>, Alan Pope <
> alan.pope at canonical.com>, David Planella <david.planella at canonical.com>
>
>
> Hello everyone! The design team at Canonical have been working on a new
> Arabic font and we were hoping to get some feedback. I am contacting you
> because you were identified as someone who speaks Arabic or a related
> language that shares the Arabic Alphabet. If you are interested in helping
> out and testing this font, we would appreciate your help. I've placed the
> links below to the font, as well as an example rendition.
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~nskaggs/fonts/Ubuntu-R_w85_h85_2.ttf
> http://people.canonical.com/~nskaggs/fonts/Ubuntu_Arabic.pdf
>
> If you would install the font, and utilize it while using your system that
> would be wonderful. If not, simply disregard this mail :-)
>
> While testing, look for any weird rendering issues or incompatibilities
> with applications you might be using. If you are curious about how to
> install and change fonts in ubuntu, I would refer you to this AskUbuntu
> question,
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/19770/how-do-i-change-fonts-and-adjust-their-size
> .
>
> After installing and using the font for a few days, please email back and
> let us know your feedback and any issues you may have found while using the
> font. Thanks in advance for your help! Either way, we appreciate all you do
> for ubuntu.
>
> Nicholas
>
>
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