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The unicode character “ڨ” Arabic Letter Qaf with Three Dots Above (U+06A8) is always displayed in isolated form when using Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Kufi Arabic #121

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The-neophyte opened this issue Jun 22, 2020 · 6 comments
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The unicode character “ڨ” Arabic Letter Qaf with Three Dots Above (U+06A8) is always displayed in isolated form when using Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Kufi Arabic #121

The-neophyte opened this issue Jun 22, 2020 · 6 comments
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Noto Sans Arabic and Noto Kufi Arabic

Where the font came from, and when

Came preinstalled in Manjaro Linux.

Font Version

2.0

OS name and version

Manjaro Linux

Issue

The unicode character “ڨ” Arabic Letter Qaf with Three Dots Above (U+06A8) is always displayed in isolated form when using Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Kufi Arabic. This is not the case when using Noto Sans Arabic UI, Noto Naskh Arabic, Noto Naskh Arabic UI or other, non-Noto Arabic fonts. While this letter is not used in modern standard Arabic, it is heavily used in various Arabic dialects and possibly other languages that use the Arabic script.

  1. Steps to reproduce
    Render sample text containing the letter “ڨ” with Noto Sans Arabic or Noto Kufi Arabic.

  2. Observed results
    The letter is displayed in isolated form.

  3. Expected results
    The letter is connected with the surrounding letters.

Character data

The character is “ڨ” (U+06A8).
Here's a text sample to test whether it is connected. “الڨار”

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Screenshot comparing how the sample text displays in the various Noto Arabic fonts
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nizarsq commented Jun 30, 2020

I can reproducible this issue on NotoKufiArabic but NotoSansArabic. I believe this issue resolved in the current NotoSansArabic.
I used NotoSansArabic from this directory https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/tree/master/phaseIII_only/unhinted/ttf/NotoSansArabic/NotoSansArabic-Regular.ttf
Screen Shot 2020-06-29 at 11 06 12 PM

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I can confirm this issue does not exist on the version you linked of Noto Sans Arabic.
Have a good day!

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nizarsq commented Sep 24, 2020

Apparently U+06A8 initial and medial form/data missing from NotoKufiArabic. U+06A8 used in Tunisian, Algerian, Central Kurdish, Comoro, Wakhi and some other Arabic regions.

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nizarsq commented Sep 24, 2020

https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/issues/1177

@marekjez86 marekjez86 added the Sans label Oct 1, 2020
nizarsq referenced this issue in notofonts/noto-source Oct 23, 2020
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Diacritics (Below and below) on U+FECA and Added U+06A8 initial and m…
2082b65 
…edial

Diacritics (Below and below) on U+FECA final form in NotoSansArabic-CondensedBold mispositioned
notofonts/noto-fonts#1907

Added U+06A8 initial and medial and modified font feature for added  glyphs
https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/issues/1775
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nizarsq commented Oct 23, 2020

This issue fixed. Thank you for filing the issue @The-neophyte
Screen Shot 2020-10-22 at 11 29 06 PM

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nizarsq commented Jan 6, 2021

Fix will be applied to Noto Kufi Arabic.

This was referenced Jan 8, 2021
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moyogo referenced this issue in notofonts/Noto-Arabic Jun 14, 2021
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Diacritics (Below and below) on U+FECA and Added U+06A8 initial and m…
cd996c7 
…edial

Diacritics (Below and below) on U+FECA final form in NotoSansArabic-CondensedBold mispositioned
notofonts/noto-fonts#1907

Added U+06A8 initial and medial and modified font feature for added  glyphs
https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-fonts/issues/1775
@simoncozens simoncozens transferred this issue from notofonts/noto-fonts Jul 18, 2022
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