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Khatt Books

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( .)CNED
( )Winsoft International .2006
( )FileMaker
( )Adobe Dream Weaver ( .)InDesign
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( )OpenType
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2011
2011
( Khatt Books )
Khatt Books
Van Tuyll Van Serooskerkenweg
1076 JT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.khattbooks.com

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( )glyphs.

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(.)Fontlab and Volt

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( )keyboard
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.1 ()Unicode
.2 ( )Notepad
()Adobe Indesign ME
.3 ()OpenType

.1 ()Unicode

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( )Extensions A & B ,
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me_quran
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ligatures .

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( )OpenType.

.3 ()OpenType
( )OpenType
( ()features
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( :)font tables
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-2 ( GSUB)
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()VOLT
( )Visual OpenType Layout Tool :
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/VOLT.mspx

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http://www.microsoft.com/typography/OpenType%20Dev/arabic/intro.
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( )FontLab
( )Microsoft Volt
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( )Adobe InDesign

( )Unicode .
(.)volt

()FontLab studio
()FontLab Studio
( .)Microsoft Volt
( )glyphs ( )Unicode
(.)OpenType


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( )Glyph Properties Panel (.)FontLab Studio

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( Save Features ) . ( Save As
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_DEF_GLYPH uniFE9B ID 285 UNICODE 65179 TYPE BASE END
GLYPH
uniFE9B
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( )VOLT ( TTF .)Open font / File

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 .1 ()Features
 .2  ()Lookups
 .3 ()Groups

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  ( )Lookups
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Lookups . ()OpenType
  ( )Lookups ( )GSUB
( .)GPOS
Lookups
( Add Substitution ).
 Lookup ( New Substitution )
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 Lookup < >init < >init1<>init2
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Substitution Lookups

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 Lookup .
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  ()Single Adjustment   ()Pair Adjustment   ()Caret Positioning   ()Cursive Attachment   ()Anchor Attachment
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Process Marks ( All)
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<( >all_base )

<( >above_mark )
<( >below_mark ).

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Lookups ( )single base ( .)ligatures Lookups .
( )anchor +
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( Lock 1st Anchor )
( Lock 2nd Anchor ) .
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(:)Microsoft
http://www.microsoft .com/typography/VOLT.mspx
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Ship Font
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( )Volt ( )Volt Save
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= anchor

= initial

= anchor attachment

= input code

= keyboard

= caret

 = ligature tag

= base letters
calligraphic font

= caret positioning

= isolated

= ligature

= lookups

 = component tag

= cursive attachment

= medial

= discretionary ligature

= positioning

= default

= features

= final

= font

 = mark tag
= pair adjustment

= positional forms
= script

= script tag

= font engine

 = simple tag

= GDEF font table

= substitutions

= GPOS font table

= text engine

= glyph index

 = unassigned tag

= font table

= GSUB font table

= glyph

=
glyph properties panel

= single adjustment

= substitution lookups
= typeface

= unkown poistioning

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