- From: Khaled Hosny via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:07:03 +0000
- To: public-i18n-archive@w3.org
HEH DOACHASHMEE often takes a different form than Arabic initial Heh, so I think it is not the right Unicode character. The closest Unicode charter I think would be U+1EE24 ARABIC MATHEMATICAL INITIAL HEH (𞸤) as the same glyph in metal type days would be used for places where that shape of isolated heh is needed e.g. in Abjad numerals, in abbreviations like ا.𞸤. (short of انتهى) and so on. The same with other letters like Alef, Jeem, and Dal, the form used in Abjad numbers is the same as the form used in math. Unfortunately, Arabic math symbols are a relatively a new addition to Unicode and most fonts lack them (and are unlikely to be widely supported being specialized symbols). What users usually type is Heh followed by tatweel, which is the closest approximation readily available on Arabic keyboard layouts. But checking a few old books, I see an initial Heh without the tail being also used (i.e. the initial form), which can be achieved with ZWNJ as well. -- GitHub Notification of comment by khaledhosny Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/229#issuecomment-617239206 using your GitHub account
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