[Tuxpaint-i18n] Re: Tuxpaint-i18n digest, Vol 1 #43 - 5 msgs
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From: assefseer <al...@gm...> - 2006-04-12 23:14:56
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Hi Bill, any update? is it working fine now. can i help. regards khalid On 3/30/06, assefseer <al...@gm...> wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Tux Paint 0.9.16, > as you know, first impression is very important to evaluate any product. = so, > i think launching Tux Paint 0.9.16 with broken Character will not be wis= e. > > i do i behalve of all arab kids, request you to pay more time to release = it > with the correct wording... > where we will market the Tux Paint 0.9.16 in all Educational Forums so i= t > should be deployed in as much schools as we can. > > About the font [motken] copy right, wich belongs to a company called > Maleksoft Developer Co. but i can not reache them because their website i= s > down, > > any way, ae_nice font is very simillar but i thought Motken will solve th= e > problem of broken Cahracters. > > regards > Khalid Al Holan > > > > On 3/30/06, tux...@li... > <tux...@li... > wrote: > > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 18:43:18 -0800 > From: Bill Kendrick < nb...@so...> > To: tux...@li...got > > Subject: Re: [Tuxpaint-i18n] Re: Tux Paint in Arabic > Reply-To: tux...@li... > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 06:37:35PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 11:45:50PM +0300, assefseer wrote: > > > 2. about the characters: the characters are not > > > connected... because the words are broken. in arabic the words are > > > written in one line exept for some characters... pls see attached > > > images (arabic2) that show the correct shape of the words.. > > > > > I'll see of the Motken... font works better. If not, then there is no > > doubt something that needs to be done in Tux Paint, SDL_ttf or Freetype= . > > (I am not sure which.) > > The Motken font still shows unattached characters. I'm guessing that > Pango involvement may be necessary (so that the characters can be tweaked > before we ask SDL_ttf (and hence Freetype) to render them). > > An SDL_pango library exists, but I have not played with it. > > > If I were to release Tux Paint 0.9.16 tomorrow (don't worry, I'm not!), > would it make sense to support Arabic at all, considering the characters > are not connected? Or is this _so_ broken, that it's not worth including > until it works right? > > Thanks! > > -bill! > > > --__--__-- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-i18n mailing list > Tux...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-i18n > > > End of Tuxpaint-i18n Digest > > |