| PackageDescription | Arabic script font for West African languages
Harmattan, named after the trade winds that blow during the winter in West
Africa, is designed in a Warsh style to suit the needs of languages using
the Arabic script in West Africa.
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Harmattan does not cover the full Unicode Arabic repertoire. It only supports
characters known to be used by languages in West Africa.
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Harmattan makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex
typographic issues. Font smarts are implemented using OpenType and Graphite
technologies.
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Harmattan provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using basic
connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures
or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This
simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic
languages, but may be considered unattractive in more traditional and
literate communities. |