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@bobh0303 bobh0303 released this 25 Apr 20:25
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We are happy to announce the release of Harmattan Beta 1.900. This is a test release in preparation for version 2.0.

We really need people to install and use the font for about a month. We would like you to review and give us feedback (with screenshots) on anything unexpected that you encounter.

This font provides a bold typeface as well as a complete set of all the Arabic script characters in the Arabic and Arabic-Supplement blocks and many of the Arabic Extended-A block.

Please try to use both the Regular and the Bold typefaces so that you can see how the brand new bold looks and shapes.

Testing in InDesign, LibreOffice, Word, XeTeX, Paratext, Bloom, SAB, etc would be especially welcome. If you find inconsistencies in inter-word spacing keep a list of the problem pairs (like reh/jeem or waw/ain, etc). Screenshots of the problems you see will be especially helpful.

We really want feedback!
Tell us if it all worked great.
Tell us what apps you tested it in
Tell us what Operating Systems you were using

The documentation folder in the .zip file describes all the characters the font supports and describes all the features the font supports. It includes how to use the features.

We would like to have all feedback in by May 31.

Below is a list of all the important changes to the font that we’ve made since the Harmattan 1.001 release (three years ago).

2019-04-25 (SIL WSTech team) Harmattan beta Version 1.900 (test release)

  • KNOWN ISSUE: No TypeTuner support
  • Added a bold typeface
  • Added support for all characters in the Arabic and Arabic Supplement blocks
  • Added support for all base characters in the Arabic Extended-A block
  • Added U+FDFC, U+FDFD (bismillah)
  • Added U+02D0, U+02D8..U+02D9, U+02DB, U+02DD, U+034F, U+03C0, U+2044, U+2126, U+2202, U+2206, U+220F, U+2211, U+221A, U+221E, U+222B, U+2248, U+2260, U+2264..U+2265
  • Added language support for Wolof, Kurdish, Urdu, and Sindhi variants
  • Added Dal, Heh, Arabic U, Inverted Damma, and Eastern Digits features
  • Improved support for Shaddah+kasra placement feature
  • Removed "Show invisible characters" feature
  • Added UI name strings for Graphite and OpenType features
  • Improvements to the design of dal- keheh-, yeh-, qaf-, ain-, heh doachashmee-, swash kaf-, and yeh barree-based characters
  • Improvements to the design of rohingya yeh
  • Improvements to the design and size of digits (latin and arabic)
  • Adjustments to diacritic positioning
  • Implemented new Allah ligature rules
  • Modified underline and strikethrough position (for application use)
  • Modified superscript and subscript size and positioning (for application use)
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