Tag: Shaping
“Shaping” issues surface in scripts requiring contextual glyph forms, such as Arabic or Devanagari. If an app displays the Hindi word “किताब” (kitāb, book) but treats each letter in isolation (क◌ित◌ाब), users see disconnected characters rather than the correct ligatures and ordering, making text illegible.
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![in[4]:= Grid[{#, Lookup[WikipediaData[Entity["Person", "BarackObama::7yj6w"], "TitleTranslationRules"], #]} & /@ {"Cherokee", "Arabic", "Chinese", "Japanese", "Korean", "Mongolian", "Sanskrit"}, Alignment -> Left, Frame -> All] Out[4]:= A table of name of Barak Obama in different languages. Arabic text is rendered unjoined left-to-right.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi18nfails.1a23.studio%2Fapi%2Fmedia%2Ffile%2Fimage-14.png%3F2025-02-07T14%3A58%3A25.449Z&w=3840&q=100 "in[4]:= Grid[{#, Lookup[WikipediaData[Entity[\"Person\", \"BarackObama::7yj6w\"], \"TitleTranslationRules\"], #]} & /@ {\"Cherokee\", \"Arabic\", \"Chinese\", \"Japanese\", \"Korean\", \"Mongolian\", \"Sanskrit\"}, Alignment -> Left, Frame -> All] Out[4]:= A table of name of Barak Obama in different languages. Arabic text is rendered unjoined left-to-right.")
