Adding font for Persian language #783

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opened 2020-06-17 22:24:16 +00:00 by DearRude · 3 comments

DearRude commented

2020-06-17 22:24:16 +00:00

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Unfortunately, when you write in Persian language, the default system font will be displayed. Despite English, it's very unreadable with Persian.

I suggest using Shabnam Font for Persian interface and Vazir Font for blogposts.
Vazir Font is a open-source font which is used in default in Mastodon, OpenStreetMap and Telegram for Persian/Arabic. It is also widely used in Persian blogging websites such as Virgool.

Unfortunately, when you write in Persian language, the default system font will be displayed. Despite English, it's very unreadable with Persian. I suggest using [Shabnam Font](https://github.com/rastikerdar/shabnam-font) for Persian interface and [Vazir Font](https://github.com/rastikerdar/vazir-font) for blogposts. Vazir Font is a open-source font which is used in default in Mastodon, OpenStreetMap and Telegram for Persian/Arabic. It is also widely used in Persian blogging websites such as [Virgool](https://virgool.io/).

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elegaanz commented

2020-06-18 09:55:43 +00:00

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I don't know exactly how we can load a different font depending on the language… Maybe we could add a lang="xx" to <html>, and then do something like :

html[lang="fa"] {
    font-family: "Shabnam";
}

Anyway, thank you for your fonts suggestions!

I don't know exactly how we can load a different font depending on the language… Maybe we could add a `lang="xx"` to `<html>`, and then do something like : ```css html[lang="fa"] { font-family: "Shabnam"; } ``` Anyway, thank you for your fonts suggestions!

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DearRude commented

2020-06-18 15:16:41 +00:00

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I don't think if we can use a lang keyword for CSS fonts or not. However, based on what I saw on other websites, they use Vazir WOL (without latin) in priority - so text triggers Vazir if Persian or iterates to the next font if not.

I believe there is another way to specify a unicode-range when declaring Persian font so it only triggers certain characters.

I don't think if we can use a lang keyword for CSS fonts or not. However, based on what I saw on other websites, they use [Vazir WOL](https://github.com/rastikerdar/vazir-font/tree/master/dist/Farsi-Digits-Without-Latin) (without latin) in priority - so text triggers Vazir if Persian or iterates to the next font if not. I believe there is another way to specify a `unicode-range` when declaring Persian font so it only triggers certain characters.

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