FYI
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From: Silvia Caicedo <scaicedo@bellanet.org>
To: Bellanet Information Dissemination List <bellanet-l@lyris.bellanet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 1:50 AM
Subject: [bellanet-l] Release Announcement of Nafees Naskh for Urdu
> DateSun, 29 Jun 2003 024632 +0800 (SGT)
>
> Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing at National University of
> Computer and Emerging Sciences (www.nu.edu.pk) is pleased to announce the
> beta release of character-based Nafees Naskh Open Type Font for writing
> Urdu in Naskh script with full aerab support based on Unicode standard.
> This font is developed according to calligraphic rules, following the
> Lahori style of Syed Nafees Al-Hussaini (Nafees Raqam)
> (http//www.geocities.com/sajjadkhalid/Profiles/Nafees.html ),who is one of
> the finest calligraphers of Pakistan. Guidance and calligraphy of basic
> glyphs for the font has been provided by Syed Jameel-ur-Rehman. He is
pupil
> of Syed Nafees Shah and Hafiz Syed Anees-ul-Hassan. Nafees Naskh OTF
> contains approximately 500 glyphs, including less than 10 ligatures. This
> font is operable on all platforms supporting OTF specifications. Aerab
will
> allow urdu words to be fully expressed.
>
> This work has been partially funded through Localization R&D Grant by
> Microsoft Pakistan and the Pan Asia ICT RnD Grants Program by IDRC, APDIP
> and APNIC.
>
> Nafees Naskh allows Urdu computing on Microsoft 2000, NT, XP, Java
> (JDK1.4), Unix and Linux platforms. This font enables desktop and internet
> publishing, and electronic communication in Urdu using existing software
> (without any plug-ins) supporting OTF specifications, e.g. MS Word, MS
> Excel, MS Outlook (email), Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla,
> MS PowerPoint. This font may also be used to develop database and other
> applications with Urdu interface using MS.NET and Java (JDK 1.4).
>
> Nafees Naskh is freely downloadable from www.crulp.org or www.nu.edu.pk.
>
> Please send comments and report bugs at NafeesNaskhFont@nu.edu.pk.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nafees Naskh OTF Team
> Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing
> National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
> Lahore, Pakistan
>
> Nafees Naskh with Aerabs release.pdf
>