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aliftype / mada

Mada (مدى) is a geometric, low-contrast Arabic typeface
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Arabic letters (Meem and Khah) #15

Closed t4rik closed 7 years ago

t4rik commented 8 years ago

Arabic letters issues (Meem and Khah)

OS: Ubuntu (Linux/Unix-like) App: File Manager Font version: 1.3 Font type: TTF Font size: 10px

Meem: meem end show like meem begin. Khah: khah dot continue (Show like a line)

Mada font screenshot from 2016-07-31 01-35-26

Segoe UI font (same conditions) screenshot from 2016-07-31 01-59-13

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago
t4rik commented 8 years ago

TTF and I put images.

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

Can you try the OTF files? The name of the operating system and its version are important for finding the possible source of the problem.

t4rik commented 8 years ago

Example: (مدخل إلى عالم الخُطوط) Mada font (v 1.3 / OTF) - same conditions screenshot from 2016-07-31 19-02-35

Arial font - same conditions screenshot from 2016-07-31 19-03-50

Conclusion: Dot Khah is very weak for small size (10 px)

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

Are you using, Linux, Windows or MacOS? Where are you using the font, in a web page or other application?

t4rik commented 8 years ago

Linux, file manager.

t4rik commented 8 years ago

Another example in LibreOffice (OS: Linux) ex: ( قبل أن ندخل إلى عالم الخُطوط، خوخ فاكهة. ) screenshot from 2016-07-31 19-52-05

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

This looks ugly, can you try enabling font hinting?

t4rik commented 8 years ago

I found 4 options: None, Slight, Medium & Full. Default: Slight.

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

See if Medium or Full make any difference.

t4rik commented 8 years ago

Yes, Medium good choice for Mada Arabic letters. screenshot from 2016-08-01 01-15-42

Hinting Full and None working too.

khaledhosny commented 8 years ago

OK, so I think you will need to enable medium hinting for this font, if you don’t want to change the hinting settings for other fonts then you can use FontConfig to set the hinting of this font only.