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Re: "Writing Arabic in Lagrange"
@skyjake it would be my pleasure. I have just registered an account and made a few suggestions there.
2023-08-27 · 9 months ago
🕹️ skyjake [...] · 2023-08-27 at 17:10:
@naf You should now have the access rights.
🦥 aRubes · 2023-08-27 at 23:42:
I can confirm the same for Hebrew on the Desktop. It's not a question of fonts, for those who suggested solutions. An RTL language requries at least 3 different things besides the font: Text alignment (seems like it works for Arabic), BiDi text alignment decisions (for when there's mixed sentences or words), and Input box from right to left, which I believe is the issue at hand.
Writing Arabic in Lagrange — To be able to view Arabic text, in Lagrange one needs to install an Arabic font such as Noto Naskh UI. الكتابة بالعربية في فضاء جديد كيف سيظهر النص العربي في متصفحات شبكة جميني؟ حينما أكتب بالعربية ينتابني فرح المختنق لحظة دخول الهواء إلى رئيتيه. إنه شعور لذيذ، ألذ من طعم الماء بعد العطش. ففضاء التعبير بالعربية، واللغات السامية، أرحب بكثير من فضاء اللغات اللاتينية. وعلى عكس جفاف النص الوظيفي اللاتيني فإن نكهة الحروف السامية تجعل الجمل تنساب برشاقة انسياب الخمر من...