uhh... Tahoma, Code2000, Arial Unicode MS, and plenty of other fonts seem to support those glyphs. Or is that just me?
Also, I think in the long run, the best solution would be an automated conversion system so that there is exactly the same content, in two different scripts. (either one that converts text upon retrieval from or submission to the database, or one that converts into separate articles)
--node
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 02:08:38 +0200, Erdal Ronahi erdal.ronahi@gmx.net wrote:
Hi there!
We on ku: have a problem. Kurdish uses two different scripts, latin and arabic. You can see both on the main page at http://ku.wikipedia.org. To keep the Kurdish Wikipedia together we would like to have both scripts in one Wikipedia. But there are some problems:
- Though unicode supports the Arabic-letter Kurdish alphabet, very few
fonts do. In the internet a special font named "Unikurd Web" is the de-facto standard for used on almost all websites. We use a template on every page that enforces the use of this font, but that does not work for the headings. Therefore there are wrong letters in the headings. See http://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/mallewe for an example. The letter that looks like a "L" that has turned around is from a different font.
Can this be solved with a global style sheet or something similar? The font is compatible with Unicode, so Arabic of Farsi words would not be harmed.
To solve this problem would be the most important thing, because then all texts will be readable. Other minor problems:
- The font ennforcing template {{rtl}} must be repeated after each
heading. That will probably solve with the first problem.
- Dotted lists cross the right border when used on right-to-left pages.
(Also an example on http://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/mallewe)
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