From d6621fd7ef1971a4d5bc3e2dba97c83d6eff43f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ElOraiby Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 23:10:46 -0400 Subject: more information --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 11ce69d..bd40027 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ This is mostly suitable for lightweight UIs (embedded systems, games, media play It's worthy to note that this is far more lightweight than HarfBuzz (used by Qt/Pango...). Freetype 2 on the other hand lacks this functionality. +Details: +Arabic letters have 4 forms: Isolated, Initial, Medial and Ending. An arabic letter will have one of these forms depending on the letters preceding and succeeding it: For instance take the letter ﺡ : This is the isolated form (i.e. nothing precedes nor succeeds it), if it comes at the start of a syllable it will have the initial form ( ﺣ ). If it ends a syllable it will have the ending form ( ﺢ ) and if it is in the middle of a syllable it will have the medial form ( ﺤ ). Some even have more complicated ligature forms (such as Lam and Alef together: ﻻ ) . A utf8 arabic string usually only comprises of isolated letters from [Arabic Unicode Block](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_%28Unicode_block%29). With this library you will transform it to the rendering/presentation form: [Arabic Presentation Forms B](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_Presentation_Forms-B) -Example ([Khalil Gibran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran)'s Al-Nay): + +Example ([Khalil Gibran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran)'s Al-Nay): ![ScreenShot](https://raw.github.com/eloraiby/arabtype/master/example.png) -- cgit v1.2.3