Towards Uncompromising Arabic Font

Dear Friends,
____________The Arabic Script___________
Referring to the MRALLAH.jpg that comprises all the Arabic Characters from Hamza-to-Ya, I would like to highlight the Features of the Arabic Script first. Needless to say, the Arabic letter Ha has 4 shapes: the flower-like initial, the 8-like middle and the final that looks like either o or q depending on the letter coming before.
That's right: Virtually, Arabic letters Change shape —Tails not heads— in such a way that they:
1. join (connect) appropriately to neighbouring letters through short curves or straight lines. See (S+J) in Sojjadan and As-Sojood and how J joins with D in the first and with WAW in the latter.
2. form easy-on-the-eye and self-explanatory Combinations (Ligatures) of 2 or more letters, not only at the beginning, but also at the mid & end of words. See (S+J) in Sojjadan and As-Sojood and (M+H+M) of Mohammed and explore more...
3. indicate their position in the words they belong to—start, middle or end— allowing zero word spacings and overlapping.
That's clearly seen in virtually all the Arabic Calligraphy (Khat) of the "Qol Howa Allaho Ahad" where the Ha of the "Howa" is seen inside the Lam of "Qol". Since the Lam takes the final shape and Ha the flower-like shape, then the space between the 2 words "Howa and Qol" is narrowed to minus.
____________My Font___________
As the strength of a chain lies in its weakest link, the Quality of an Arabic font lies in its poorest feature: Ligatures , Diacritics Positioning and Kerning? That's why I no longer use my own font that I designed 8-years ago (embedded in the uploaded YSA&E.pdf). By Applying a Similar Technique, I finished designing -8 months ago- a new font of Arabic Calligraphy (AG) with the help of which I successfully completed building up the most Challenging Arabic Text of the Glorious Quran—3 years of hard work. As the MRALLAH.jpg shows, this font is distinguished by:

• Ligatures of up to 4 Consonants, not only at the beginning, but also at the mid & end of words.
• Smart Joiners: Straight and curved Tails for Consonants And ligatures.
See (S+J) in Sojjadan and As-Sojood and how J joins with D in the first and with WAW in the latter.
• Full Kerning by shifting up and/or right any letter that follows, R,D,WAW and likewise. See (D+Alif) in Ashidda and (R+T) in Maghfiratan.
• Four (4) baselines for Consonants & 7 lines for Vowels (Diacritics or Marks).
See the 3 lines in (M+H+M) of Mohammed and the fourth in (Y+N) of Allazina.
• Accurate Vowels Positioning. They —Vowels (Diacritics or Marks) are:
1 horizontally centered, slightly above or below the letters they belong.
2 distributed in harmony with the ligatures,
3 neither touching the letters to which they belong, nor transgressing neighbors.
• WAW Discrimination: The word WAW (AND) is lowered and attached to the next word. See (WAW+R) in WaRizwana.
• Compatibility with any software that runs on 98/2000/XI & reads RTZ.

That's right: In order to achieve all the possible ligatures of AG, and accurately position diacritics, I:
• Designed 6(Six) TTFs comprising more than 1100 (one thousand one hundred) Glyphs and
• Translated the Rules of Arabic Calligraphy into Word-Macros to juggle these TTFs accordingly...

Finally, worth mentioning that Virtually, All PC & TV Programs of the Glorious Quran miss these very important points:
• Arabic Text (AT): Too small and/or does not match the poorest Arabic calligraphy.
• AT does not always start and/or end meaningfully in the same screenshot, and/or
• Recitation and/or Translation does not always go in line with AT.

In summary: My Technique solves all the Screen and Paper Publishing problems...
But so far, no sponsor.

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