FONTLOG

Lateef font
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This file provides detailed information on the Lateef font software.
This information should be distributed along with the Lateef fonts
and any derivative works.
Basic Font Information
---------------------Lateef is named after Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai, the famous Sindhi
mystic and poet. It is intended to be an appropriate style for use
in Sindhi and other languages of the South Asian region.
This font provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using basic
connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures
or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This
simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic
languages, but may be considered unattractive in more traditional and
literate communities.
One font from this typeface family is included in this release:
* Lateef Regular
This release supports virtually all of the Unicode 5.0 Arabic character
repertoire (excluding the Arabic Presentation Forms blocks, which are not
recommended for normal use). Font smarts are implemented using OpenType
technology.
ChangeLog
--------(This should list both major and minor changes, most recent first.)
2008-11-06 (SIL NRSI team) Lateef Version 1.001
- Re-released under OFL
- no other changes from 1.0
2005-06-03 (SIL NRSI team) Lateef Version 1.0
- First public version
- Released under the SIL Freeware License
Acknowledgements
---------------(Here is where contributors can be acknowledged. If you make modifications
be sure to add your name (N), email (E), web-address (W) and description
(D). This list is sorted by last name in alphabetical order.)
N:
E:
W:
D:

Bob Hallissy, Jonathan Kew

fonts@sil.org
http://scripts.sil.org/
SIL designers and font engineers

The Lateef project is maintained by SIL International.

For more information please visit the Arabic Script fonts page on
SIL International's Computers and Writing Systems website:
http://scripts.sil.org/ArabicFonts