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diff --git a/system/fonts-nastaliq/README b/system/fonts-nastaliq/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e900f66fdf --- /dev/null +++ b/system/fonts-nastaliq/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Nastaliq also romanized as Nastaʿlīq or Nastaleeq, +is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write the +Perso-Arabic script and it is used for some +Indo-Iranian languages, predominantly Classical Persian, +Kashmiri, Punjabi (Shahmukhi) and Urdu (Hindustani). +It is often used also for Ottoman Turkish poetry, +but rarely for Arabic. Nastaliq developed in Iran from +naskh beginning in the 13th century +and remains widely used in Iran, Afghanistan, India, +Pakistan, and other countries for written poetry and +as a form of art. + +The fonts available are + +1. SIL/Awami Nastaliq +2. Googlefonts/Gulzar +3. Aliftype/Hussaini Nastaleeq +4. Yudit/Nastaliq +5. Mehr Nastaliq + +To install woff and woff2 fonts run the slackbuild as +WEBFONTS=YES ./fonts-nastaliq.SlackBuild + +Conflicts: +This package conflicts with the google-fonts. |