Apple Arabic Language Kit For Mac

Features

Versatile multilingual capabilities

• Switch between languages easily
• Combine different languages in the same document
• Install as many language kits as needed on a single Macintosh system

High-quality fonts

• Seven Arabic fonts and six Persian fonts
• Apple TrueType format for high-quality on-screen and printed characters
• Support for PostScript printers
• QuickDraw GX features for state-of-the-art typography

Ease of use

• Simple, flexible installation process
• Informative installation and user's guide (in English and French)
• Transparent labels for different keyboard layouts
• Keyboard quick-reference card

Compatibility

• Works with System 7.1 and all subsequent versions of the Mac OS
• Compatible with any localized version of the Mac OS and with other Apple Language Kits
• Supports QuickDraw GX in System 7.5
• Runs in native mode on Power Macintosh computers

QuickDraw GX font features require System 7.5 or later, QuickDraw GX software, and a QuickDraw GX compatible application.

System requirements

One of the following Macintosh or other Mac OS-compatible systems:

• A Macintosh or PowerBook computer with a 68020 or later processor and 4MB of RAM
• A Power Macintosh computer with 8MB of RAM Macintosh System 7.1 or later (System 7.5 or later required to take advantage of QuickDraw GX features)
• An Apple SuperDrive floppy disk drive or a CD-ROM drive. An application that has been localized for the target language or that supports right-to-left text

Description

Apple's Arabic Language Kit is the easiest, most affordable way to add Arabic and Persian text to your documents.

After the simple installation process, you can switch effortlessly between the computer's main language and Arabic or Persian. The kit lets you enter, edit, and print Arabic and Persian text, and mix either language with left-to-right languages in the same document--even in the same sentence. The kit comes with a selection of keyboard layouts optimized for both native speakers and students, accompanied by transparent labels for customizing your keyboard. The Arabic Language Kit can be used with most Mac OS-compatible applications that support right-to-left text entry (including multilingual applications), or that have been localized for Arabic or Persian. The kit works with the built-in multilingual capabilities of the Mac OS, so you can copy and paste or drag and drop text between applications. And you can work with documents created by colleagues in the Arab world who use the Arabic or Persian version of the Mac OS. The kit includes a selection of Apple TrueType fonts to ensure high-quality on-screen and printed characters at any size. These fonts incorporate exciting new typographic features based on Apple's QuickDraw GX technology. Most of the kit's fonts are also provided in PostScript versions.

The Arabic Language Kit is part of a family of Apple language solutions, which offer an affordable way to internationalize your Macintosh system. You can install as many different Apple Language Kits as you need on a single computer. Apple's other multilingual products include the Chinese Language Kit, the Chinese Dictation Kit, the Cyrillic Language Kit, the Hebrew Language Kit, the Japanese Language Kit, and others.

Technical Specifications

Included fonts

Arabic fonts

• AlBayan (TrueType and Postscript)
• Baghdad (TrueType and Postscript)
• Cairo (bitmap)
• Geeza (TrueType and Postscript)
• Kufi (TrueType and Postscript)
• Nadeem (TrueType and Postscript)
• Thuluth (Postscript)

Persian fonts

• Amir (TrueType and Postscript)
• Ashfahan (TrueType and Postscript)
• Kamran (TrueType and Postscript)
• Mashad (TrueType and Postscript)
• NadeemFarsi (TrueType and Postscript)
• Tehran (bitmap)

Application compatibility

The Arabic Language Kit is based on Apple's WorldScript I technology, and is compatible with applications that take advantage of WorldScript I. The applications listed below are multilingual and/or Arabic-localized products that have been tested with this kit; check with the software publisher for compatibility information on other applications. PageMaker ME from Adobe Systems (distributed by WinSoft S.A.)

• HyperCard from Apple Computer, Inc.
• SimpleText from Apple Computer, Inc.
• ClarisWorks Arabic from Claris Corporation
• FileMaker Arabic from Claris Corporation
• El Nashir El Sahafi from Diwan
• Nisus Writer from Nisus Software Inc.
• WinText from WinSoft S.A.
• WorldWrite from World Software Corporation

Applications that support QuickDraw GX technology and the Arabic Language Kit include:

• Ready,Set,Go! GX International from Manhattan Graphics Corp.
• LightningDraw GX from Lari Software, Inc.

• Arabic Software Digest

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