|
Posted by Gιrard Talbot on 05/18/07 23:06
222 wrote :
> Hi,
>
> wondering if anyone can recommend CSS font-families for ARABIC font display?
>
> or is it best to specify no font and let the user agent pick the best?
>
The latter. Just let the user choose and select the font family he wants
or has for arabic or just use the generic "sans-serif" for the font.
Browsers have setting, preferences users can choose for
language < -- > font-family
> particularly interested in hearing from those who have successfully launched
> AR lang sites..
I have. Just make sure that language, charset encoding in the webpage
and that the server is properly configured to serve the selected
character set/encoding.
E.g.:
<html dir="rtl" lang="ar">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="ar">
You may have to check
http://web-sniffer.net/
for the http header responses.
More on all this:
W3C internationalization
Introducing Character Sets and Encodings
http://www.w3.org/International/getting-started/characters
Language on the web
http://www.w3.org/International/getting-started/language
Internationalization Quick tips
http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
GΓ©rard
--
Using Web Standards in your Web Pages (Updated Apr. 2007)
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_Web_Standards_in_your_Web_Pages
[Back to original message]
|