Arabic
  • The Arabic Mac
  • Programs
  • Fonts
  • Classic

  • Transliteration
  • Jaghbub

  • Links
    		•

    The Arabic Macintosh
    An informal resource centre

    This is a personal site where I have collected various information and comments concerning the use of Arabic and related scripts on the computer and on the Internet; and in particular on the Macintosh, the primary computer for such work in my opinion. It is a private site, reflects only my own personal knowledge and opinions, not those of any of the companies mentioned on this site. I do not answer for them, they do not answer for me.

    The site is composed around the main themes:

  • How does Arabic work on the Macintosh?
  • What programs and fonts are available for Arabic, and how well do they work?
  • How can we write Arabic in academic transcription? What fonts are there for this use?


    The site also contains some historical notes, in particular on problems related to using languages other than English on the Net. These problems are mostly resolved today, so this section can now be filed under esoterica, but the notes here may be useful if something appears strange in Arabic or other non-English net communication.


    Latest news: The iPhone and iPod Touch now also support Arabic. Read the details here.

    		• Arabic on the Mac

    Classical section: How it used to work


    Search the Arabic Macintosh site

    Google
    WWW The Arabic Mac
    Forward

    Home
    Responsible for this Web page is Knut S. Vikør.
    Last updated Thursday, 22-Oct-2009 21:43:59 CEST