Writing and Displaying Arabic with my Mac - Page 2

Zaid Al Hilali · 12th June 2006, 19:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by emiratesmac

Sometimes running a site can be a chore, especially if it's only supposed to be a hobby, but it takes more time than your full-time job ;-)

Anyway... I'm not complaining... it should have been fixed now ;-)

Good on you mate!

drake · 12th June 2006, 19:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by emiratesmac

Sometimes running a site can be a chore, especially if it's only supposed to be a hobby, but it takes more time than your full-time job ;-)

Anyway... I'm not complaining... it should have been fixed now ;-)

Yes, EmiratesMac we all ask (me included) so much of you, but if it wasn't for you we would not have this great place to call home. So I would like to say Thank You!

Zaid Al Hilali · 12th June 2006, 20:09

Majeed, any issues with Arabic in Safari or it has been solved?

elchemor · 12th June 2006, 21:22

Zaid, i deleted the fonts u told me about in the /system/library and from my home folder/library

still having the same problem.... weired...
anyways... am a bit tired to check it further today... will be doing that later tomorrow !

the files u were attaching were corrputed... 4kb only ?

Thanks for your concerns mate.

iDubai · 13th June 2006, 22:18

I have been told by Mac store guy, Drop the Font folder in your Document folder. and it will work!

Zaid Al Hilali · 13th June 2006, 23:37

The procedure I mentioned in earlier posts in this thread is tested literally heaps of times on many Macs.
MS office replaces the Arial and Times fonts with a queer set under the same names, but works well in the MS Office applications only. Safari on the other hand by default uses Times font that is able to display Arabic, and here is the issue MS Office fonts are not Arabic compatible.

elchemor · 14th June 2006, 14:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zaid Al Hilali

The procedure I mentioned in earlier posts in this thread is tested literally heaps of times on many Macs.
MS office replaces the Arial and Times fonts with a queer set under the same names, but works well in the MS Office applications only. Safari on the other hand by default uses Times font that is able to display Arabic, and here is the issue MS Office fonts are not Arabic compatible.

Zaid, i managed to get safari displaying arabic normally, from Font Book.app I disabled all the Arial Fonts (wasnt sure which one i needed to disable) and disabled Times New Roman... and Horrey.... i can read arabic in Safari... i guess i still need to find a proper version of those fonts to re-install

Thanks for your support mate !

Zaid Al Hilali · 14th June 2006, 16:15

Glad I could help, I could send a replacement fonts, but as they exceed the attachment limit on this forum I must then send them by e-mail if you like.
Interesting thought that you use Apple's Font Book to manage your fonts.

Magnus · 14th June 2006, 21:49

If you want to send a large file to another person, yousendit.com works great.

hussainahm · 16th June 2006, 14:07

to my knowledge, it is not possible to write in Arabic correctly using the current version of Office.

Pages works to an extent, it types correctly but you will have trouble with navigating through the text and placing the cursor in the right place.

in my research, i've found that Mellel is the best option for typing in Arabic.

there was an Emarati software company a while back that released a new Arabic word-processor and spreadsheet app, can't seem to find it

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12th June 2006, 20:09	#13 (permalink)
Zaid Al Hilali Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mirdif-Dubai Posts: 1,403	Majeed, any issues with Arabic in Safari or it has been solved?

12th June 2006, 21:22	#14 (permalink)
elchemor Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 235	Zaid, i deleted the fonts u told me about in the /system/library and from my home folder/library still having the same problem.... weired... anyways... am a bit tired to check it further today... will be doing that later tomorrow ! the files u were attaching were corrputed... 4kb only ? Thanks for your concerns mate.

13th June 2006, 22:18	#15 (permalink)
iDubai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hidding in Nadd Alhamar Posts: 818	I have been told by Mac store guy, Drop the Font folder in your Document folder. and it will work!

13th June 2006, 23:37	#16 (permalink)
Zaid Al Hilali Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mirdif-Dubai Posts: 1,403	The procedure I mentioned in earlier posts in this thread is tested literally heaps of times on many Macs. MS office replaces the Arial and Times fonts with a queer set under the same names, but works well in the MS Office applications only. Safari on the other hand by default uses Times font that is able to display Arabic, and here is the issue MS Office fonts are not Arabic compatible.

14th June 2006, 16:15	#18 (permalink)
Zaid Al Hilali Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mirdif-Dubai Posts: 1,403	Glad I could help, I could send a replacement fonts, but as they exceed the attachment limit on this forum I must then send them by e-mail if you like. Interesting thought that you use Apple's Font Book to manage your fonts.

14th June 2006, 21:49	#19 (permalink)
Magnus Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Dubai Posts: 8,397	If you want to send a large file to another person, yousendit.com works great.

16th June 2006, 14:07	#20 (permalink)
hussainahm Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5	to my knowledge, it is not possible to write in Arabic correctly using the current version of Office. Pages works to an extent, it types correctly but you will have trouble with navigating through the text and placing the cursor in the right place. in my research, i've found that Mellel is the best option for typing in Arabic. there was an Emarati software company a while back that released a new Arabic word-processor and spreadsheet app, can't seem to find it