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The font's designer here- glad you guys like it! I wasn't ready to put this up on HN because I didn't have an English page yet, but @specifictso has gone ahead

by aiaf 11y ago

The font's designer here- glad you guys like it! I wasn't ready to put this up on HN because I didn't have an English page yet, but @specifictso has gone ahead and posted it. The font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License as mentioned. There's less than 10 Arabic monospaced typefaces out there and Kawkab Mono comes to fill a gap in this area. Might not be as highly demanded as Latin monospaced fonts, but still, it's great to have variety. This is very much beta software as I haven't really tested the font outside of my personal setup. I've had no type design experience prior to this project. Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

omarish 11y ago
Awesome work, يعطيك العافية! Is there a link to the font on github?
- aiaf 11y ago
  Will put up the source code on Github very soon. I just need to organize everything a bit.
okramcivokram 11y ago
I can't read it, but I've noticed the red marks move relative to the glyph when playing with the resize slider: https://youtu.be/CiOg12B6A4g https://youtu.be/CiOg12B6A4g Google Chrome 46.0.2490.71 on Linux
- XaspR8d 11y ago
  The problem is that the text is actually two identical layers, the tashkil/diacritics residing on an upper layer with a hints-only font and absolute positioning. You can fix it by giving that layer "width: 100%".
  - aiaf 11y ago
    Thanks! Yes this fixes it. Updated the page.
mahmud 11y ago
So friken beautiful! Ahhh.
- aiaf 11y ago
  Hey mahmud! Thanks! :)
azth 11y ago
جزاك الله خيراً
- aiaf 11y ago
  وإياك
sandworm101 11y ago
It's been a long time since I tried to read right-to-left. The red isn't really more of a pink on my screen. Is that a choice? I always like how true red jumped out.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  Red and blue on black make for pretty cool 3D effects. I noticed it when playing with colors in terminal.
- aiaf 11y ago
  Not using true red. This is what I'm using #AF476E
muddi900 11y ago
>There's less than 10 Arabic monospaced typefaces Less than 10 for every language using nastaleek script.
- aiaf 11y ago
  Have you tried Google's Noto Nastaliq? https://www.google.com/get/noto/#nastaliq-aran https://www.google.com/get/noto/#nastaliq-aran
  - muddi900 11y ago
    I would now. Thank you.

by aiaf 11y ago

omarish 11y ago

Awesome work, يعطيك العافية! Is there a link to the font on github?

aiaf 11y ago
Will put up the source code on Github very soon. I just need to organize everything a bit.

okramcivokram 11y ago

I can't read it, but I've noticed the red marks move relative to the glyph when playing with the resize slider: https://youtu.be/CiOg12B6A4g https://youtu.be/CiOg12B6A4g Google Chrome 46.0.2490.71 on Linux

XaspR8d 11y ago
The problem is that the text is actually two identical layers, the tashkil/diacritics residing on an upper layer with a hints-only font and absolute positioning. You can fix it by giving that layer "width: 100%".
- aiaf 11y ago
  Thanks! Yes this fixes it. Updated the page.

mahmud 11y ago

So friken beautiful! Ahhh.

aiaf 11y ago
Hey mahmud! Thanks! :)

azth 11y ago

جزاك الله خيراً

aiaf 11y ago
وإياك

sandworm101 11y ago

It's been a long time since I tried to read right-to-left. The red isn't really more of a pink on my screen. Is that a choice? I always like how true red jumped out.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
Red and blue on black make for pretty cool 3D effects. I noticed it when playing with colors in terminal.
aiaf 11y ago
Not using true red. This is what I'm using #AF476E

muddi900 11y ago

>There's less than 10 Arabic monospaced typefaces Less than 10 for every language using nastaleek script.

aiaf 11y ago
Have you tried Google's Noto Nastaliq? https://www.google.com/get/noto/#nastaliq-aran https://www.google.com/get/noto/#nastaliq-aran
- muddi900 11y ago
  I would now. Thank you.