I'm trying to solve this problem for sometime. In the title bar of my web browsers and places like that; If there is a Farsi (Persian) string, it is shown like **** or something similar.
I searched and found out the font that I choose for the job has no Persian glyphs. So I want to know which fonts or font families could I use that has Persian glyphs in them?
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First of all, you can just use Persian Fonts instead :-).
As described Persian Script is an adaption of arabic script.
To search for fonts which could match you can use:
$ otfinfo -s FreeFarsi.ttf arab Arabic or for all fonts:
$ otfinfo -s *.ttf *.otf FreeFarsi-BoldItalic.ttf:DFLT Default FreeFarsi-BoldItalic.ttf:arab Arabic FreeFarsi-Bold.ttf:DFLT Default FreeFarsi-Bold.ttf:arab Arabic FreeFarsi-Italic.ttf:DFLT Default FreeFarsi-Italic.ttf:arab Arabic FreeFarsi-Mono.ttf:arab Arabic FreeFarsi.ttf:arab Arabic homa.ttf:arab Arabic nazlib.ttf:arab Arabic nazli.ttf:arab Arabic titr.ttf:arab Arabic As you can see the scripts are not always called arab but 'DFLT'. A fallback solution is the answer of @terdon.
You could try a program like gnome-specimen which shows the text you choose rendered in the different fonts. If you en ter text with persian glyphs you should be able to locate a font that handles them:
Image shamelessly stolen from @derobert's answer.
- @r004 I understand and I have no idea since I don't speak Farsi. I do speak Greek however, which has the same problem and using programs like the above and text like "English Ελληνικά" would allow me to identify the fonts that display that correctly. I was thinking you might be able to do the same by using an example sentence mixing English and Farsi letters.2014-03-24 19:06:49 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:06
- @r004 yes, my suggestion is a horrible solution. I hope someone offers you a better one but this is unlikely since not many of us will know Farsi, and by extension, not many will know a specific font to suggest to you. I just thought you might find it a useful workaround, feel free not to use it. By the way, are you the OP? If so, please merge your accounts.2014-03-24 19:19:02 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:19
- So; I need to search the fonts and find out what fonts has itm_hmt– m_hmt2014-03-24 19:19:22 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:19
- @m_hmt yes, as I said to r004 this is just a workaround. Alternatively, you could also google "Linux fonts farsi" and have a look, I got several hundred hits.2014-03-24 19:20:46 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:20
- @terdon; Sorry about that; I meant that was not what he asked. I think Persian is like Arabic;(according to Wikipedia). and
Dejavufonts have the full set of right to left glyphs.r004– r0042014-03-24 19:22:42 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:22