sivonen@kreeta.cs.Helsinki.FI (Timo Sivonen) (06/12/89)
Is there any word processor and/or desktop publishing package for
Macintosh which could handle both English and Arabic text? PostScript
fonts should be included.
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DECNET: HYLK::TSIVONENsklein@cdp.UUCP (06/14/89)
There is an Arabic word-processor for the Mac called Al-Kaatib. Or at least there used to be. You could also get HaKotav, a Hebrew word- processor, and use it with Arabic Fonts. Not the best solution, but... -shabtai
Michael.Burton@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Burton) (06/15/89)
> Is there any word processor and/or desktop publishing package for > Macintosh which could handle both English and Arabic text? PostScript > fonts should be included. There is an Arabic word processor named Alkaatib, but I believe it is Arabic only. I've seen references to foreign language versions of Microsoft Word. Contact Microsoft for details. I don't know whether that program would be able to do English-language word-processing as well as Arabic. You will almost certainly have to buy your Postscript Arabic fonts separately. I don't know of any existing Postscript Arabic fonts--you may have to create your own using a program like Fontographer. -- Michael Burton via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200!Michael.Burton INET: Michael.Burton@f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG
felix@AI.SRI.COM (Francois Felix INGRAND) (06/16/89)
In article <14784.249746CA@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG>, Michael.Burton@f200 (Michael Burton) writes: >> Is there any word processor and/or desktop publishing package for >> Macintosh which could handle both English and Arabic text? PostScript >> fonts should be included. There is a small company in France which is making lot of Arabic Software. Their name is WinSoft and their address is: WINSOFT 34, Boulevard de l'Esplanade 38000 GRENOBLE FRANCE Phone: 33 76 87 56 01 Telex 320 546 F As far as I remember, they have a text processor (WinText), an organizer WinIdea(like More), a Database manager (WinFile), and other stuff... As far as I know, they do not have any American distributor, I think they were looking for one, All their softs work both in standard langage (english, french, etc) *and* in Arab. It is actually very funny to see this fancy characters from left to right on your screen. Last time I was in France, I visited them, and I was fairly impressed by their softs. I have no connection with these people, except that most of them are my friends... If you call them, say hello from Felix (you might even get a discount...) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Francois Felix INGRAND SRI International, AIC felix@AI.SRI.COM 333, Ravenswood Avenue felix%AI.SRI.COM@UUNET.UU.NET MENLO PARK, CA 94025, USA "Pourquoi tant de haine..." (Edika) "Read my Lisp... No new syntax" (nil)
svc@well.UUCP (Leonard Rosenthol) (06/19/89)
In article <141200047@cdp>, sklein@cdp.UUCP writes: > > There is an Arabic word-processor for the Mac called Al-Kaatib. Or at > least there used to be. You could also get HaKotav, a Hebrew word- > processor, and use it with Arabic Fonts. Not the best solution, but... > -shabtai The other option(s) are to acquire a copy of the Arabic Interface System ( a localized version of Apple's System/Finder with support for Arabic text processing (ie. fonts, r->l text, auto ligitures, etc.)) and a Script Manager compatible word processor (the script Manager is the low level routines in the Mac which allow for foreign languages). I am aware of two Script Manager compatible word processor which are availible at the time of writing this. They are RavKtav/AllText and WinText. Both can be had in the U.S. (though ONLY FROM ONE DISTRIBUTOR) and are VERY EXPENSIVE , quite underpowered, and have user interfaces which should be shot. Other than that the work just fine :-) -- +--------------------------------------------------+ Leonard Rosenthol | GEnie : MACgician Lazerware, inc. | MacNet: MACgician UUCP: svc@well.UUCP | ALink : D0025