The XV4 version of Q++Studio supports the use of Arabic fonts in QuarkXPress.
Both the old, but widely-used, legacy AXT Arabic fonts and the more modern Unicode Arabic fonts, are supported when using QuarkXPress versions 8-2022, using Q++Studio's proprietary technology.
➢A future update to QuarkXPress 2023 is expected to support Arabic natively.
Apart from the basic display of tokens, the following aspects of Arabic are fully handled, both at run-time (when generating a diary) and at design-time (when working on a QuarkXPress template or tweaking an output file):
Ligatures |
This means that, if some text is displayed using a basic Arabic font with only the most essential ligatures, then only these basic ligatures will be used.
On the other hand, text displayed using a high-quality font with all the most complex, 2-3-4 letter ligatures, will be displayed taking full advantage of these advanced ligatures, as shown in the above examples. |
Kashidas are necessary whenever Arabic text is justified, as hyphenation does not exist in Arabic.
In Q++Studio, kashidas are generated as fixed text (ie. not as an on-screen and printer-only embellishment) for multiple words as well as single word justification, meaning that any Arabic diary generated with Q++Studio can be opened by anyone, such as your printer, without the need to have any software other than QuarkXPress installed. |
Run-time support for Arabic is installed automatically with Q++Studio.
Design-Time Support for Arabic
Additionally, it is possible to make manual changes in the generated output files containing Arabic, once you have installed design-time support for Arabic.
See also: working with Arabic text in QuarkXPress 2023+ and working with Arabic text in InDesign.
Topic 186855, last updated on 14-Apr-2023
