MacArabic encoding is an obsolete encoding for Arabic (and English) text that was used in
Apple Macintosh
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computers to texts.
The encoding is identical to
MacFarsi encoding MacFarsi encoding is an obsolete encoding for Farsi/Persian, Urdu (and English) texts that was used in Apple Macintosh computers to texts.
The encoding is identical to MacArabic encoding, except the numerals, which are the Persian/Urdu style, also ...
, except the numerals.
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MacFarsi encoding MacFarsi encoding is an obsolete encoding for Farsi/Persian, Urdu (and English) texts that was used in Apple Macintosh computers to texts.
The encoding is identical to MacArabic encoding, except the numerals, which are the Persian/Urdu style, also ...
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Arabic script in Unicode
Many scripts in Unicode, such as Arabic, have special orthographic rules that require certain combinations of letterforms to be combined into special ligature forms.
In English, the common ampersand (&) developed from a ligature in which the ha ...
Character sets
Arabic
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Arabic script
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