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saleemus
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May 18, 2014
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Does Adobe have a Serif font that has all the characters needed to transliterate the Arabic language correctly?

  • May 18, 2014
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Does Adobe have a Serif font that has all the characters needed to transliterate the Arabic language correctly?

These characters being: ā Ā Ḍ ḍ Ē ē Ḥ ḥ Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ṣ ṣ Ṭ ṭ Ẓ ẓ ʿ ʾ

For more about these characters please see: http://www.brill.com/downloads/Simple_Arabic_transliteration.pdf

Thank you

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    saleemusAuthor
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    June 3, 2014

    Although they are all sans serif, I have since found out that Adobe Arabic Myriad, Source Sans Pro, Hypatia Sans Pro all have the characters needed for Arabic transliteration.

    Best wishes

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    saleemusAuthor
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    May 26, 2014

    Thanks for your help Miguel, Arno Pro and Garamond Premier Pro don't support those characters unfortunately. Thanks anyway!

    MiguelSousa
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    MiguelSousaCommunity Manager
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    May 19, 2014

    Yes, Adobe Text.

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    saleemusAuthor
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    May 20, 2014

    Brilliant Miguel! Thank you so much!

    Is this the only one though? Are there any more?

    Thank you

    MiguelSousa
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    MiguelSousaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 25, 2014

    Arno Pro and Garamond Premier Pro may also support all those characters. Please check their Glyph Complement PDFs. I don't think any other serif families have support for all those characters.

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