CTAN update: amiri font
Date: May 31, 2012 4:38:27 PM CEST
the daemon tells me
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: amiri
> Author's name: Khaled Hosny
> Author's email: khaledhosny at eglug.org
> Package version: 0.103
> Location on CTAN: fonts/amiri
> Summary description: Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface, Naskh
> style, for typesetting books and other running text.
> License type: other-free
>
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> * This is a bug fix release:
> - Fix wrong kerning of digits inside end of ayah and other Arabic enclosing
> marks.
> - Add visible glyphs for BiDi control characters.
> - Kern more kaf forms accross ZWNJ.
> - Fix handling of right-slanting and left-slanting common characters in the
> italic fonts to be more logical.
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version, and updated the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/amiri.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amiri/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) on the web, by tomorrow
morning (Cambridge time).
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
amiri – A classical Arabic typeface, Naskh style
Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface in Naskh style for typesetting books and other running text.
It is a revival of the beautiful typeface pioneered in the early 20th century by Bulaq Press in Cairo, also known as Amiria Press, after which the font is named.
The project aims at the revival of the aesthetics and traditions of Arabic typesetting, and adapting it to the era of digital typesetting, in a publicly available form.
| Package | amiri |
| Version | 1.000 |
| Maintainer | Khaled Hosny |