Sorry for my repeated postings.

> On 2017/04/16, at 03:16, Kino <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> On 2017/04/16, at 02:31, Kino <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> $fontname = 'Palatino'
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> I designated Palatino font there only because it has all characters necessary for Arabic transliteration and is a system font installed by default.

...and its "f" does not overlap the macron of "ī".

"fī" is a preposition very frequently used in Arabic. So fonts showing ugly "fī" are just unusable.

I tried to attract your attention to Cochineal font because it passed the "fī" test.


Kino