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**MontyP@thon** · 03-17-2010, 11:22 AM

Kayra abla

for the link. I remember making use of that calligrapher.

I am able to produce similar PDF's via special software called al-Yaqout from Diwan. Here is an example of a magnificent Dua of Sakinah produced with the same software, al-Yaqout.

My recent find is that, Arabic is best written and produced with:

Qurancomplex software al-Nashir al-Maktabi specifically for Qur'anic script. (It is free)
al-Yaqout or al-Nashir al-Shafi -Qur'anic script, general naskh and thuluth. (commercial)
Tasmeem under InDesign -for Naskh and Thuluth style calligraphy. (commercial)

now I am about to explore more on Fontographer and FontForge. The only thing I didn't like about FontForge is that it requires Linux Operating System or at least Cygwin on Windows, which I dislike to work on.

My aim is to digitalize Huseyin Kutlu's handwriting to produce truetype or opentype fonts such as these:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pi...GQ3YzcwNzNjMzE

03-17-2010, 11:22 AM	#9
MontyP@thon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	Kayra abla for the link. I remember making use of that calligrapher. I am able to produce similar PDF's via special software called al-Yaqout from Diwan. Here is an example of a magnificent Dua of Sakinah produced with the same software, al-Yaqout. My recent find is that, Arabic is best written and produced with: Qurancomplex software al-Nashir al-Maktabi specifically for Qur'anic script. (It is free) al-Yaqout or al-Nashir al-Shafi -Qur'anic script, general naskh and thuluth. (commercial) Tasmeem under InDesign -for Naskh and Thuluth style calligraphy. (commercial) now I am about to explore more on Fontographer and FontForge. The only thing I didn't like about FontForge is that it requires Linux Operating System or at least Cygwin on Windows, which I dislike to work on. My aim is to digitalize Huseyin Kutlu's handwriting to produce truetype or opentype fonts such as these: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pi...GQ3YzcwNzNjMzE
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