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kroviken
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 Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: Arabic fonts in Neooffice Mac |
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hi all...
just joined this forum as i'm new to mac envi. so i searched and found that neoofice is only software that i can use arabic for word processing or spreadsheet.great job!
just got one problem...i cant use other than default fonts for neo...i installed my own collection of fonts,tried use it,but it'll switch back to default fonts.
so,anyone can help me?or the developer.please fix this as this software is really great 4 me,n others too!
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James3359
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| I've not done this myself, so I can't give any advice, but I know it is possible and someone will come along in a little while and tell you how. In the meantime does this wiki page help at all? |
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pluby
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Are your custom fonts OpenType fonts? If so, you will not be able to use them. This is because OpenType fonts are Windows fonts and the Mac OS X text layout functions that NeoOffice uses does not support OpenType fonts. Apple's Mac OS X code does support the less common AAT fonts, but not OpenType fonts.
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kroviken
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| Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:08 am Post subject: Arabic fonts in Neooffice Mac |
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| James3359 wrote: | | I've not done this myself, so I can't give any advice, but I know it is possible and someone will come along in a little while and tell you how. In the meantime does this wiki page help at all? |
thanx 4 such a quick reply...
the wiki helps,i'm trying to find d solutions myself..i'll info u all later.
thanx y'all! |
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kroviken
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| pluby wrote: | Are your custom fonts OpenType fonts? If so, you will not be able to use them. This is because OpenType fonts are Windows fonts and the Mac OS X text layout functions that NeoOffice uses does not support OpenType fonts. Apple's Mac OS X code does support the less common AAT fonts, but not OpenType fonts.
Patrick |
any program that can be used to convert this TTF to AAT? i saw on apple's developer website,but do not understand...
any help pls?
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pluby
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| kroviken wrote: | any program that can be used to convert this TTF to AAT? i saw on apple's developer website,but do not understand...
any help pls?
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I don't you can convert a Windows OpenType font to an AAT font easily. Both formats will have a .ttf file extension, the difference is that OpenType and AAT have different custom font extensions.
I would say that you best bet is to see if you can find Mac versions of the .ttf files. Although most font download sites only show Windows fonts, some of the bigger font vendors release both Windows and Mac versions of their fonts.
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sardisson
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| pluby wrote: | | I don't you can convert a Windows OpenType font to an AAT font easily. Both formats will have a .ttf file extension, the difference is that OpenType and AAT have different custom font extensions. |
Right, and to "convert" an OpenType Arabic font into an AAT Arabic font, you'd have to recreate all the instructions telling the font to do the ligatures and joining--essentially re-implement the font's programming.
The Alternative Fonts page lists a couple of places that have free AAT Arabic fonts to supplement the handful that ship with Mac OS X.
Smokey
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