Go Safari… (almost)
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Arabic, Online, Software
So apple announces Safari 3 Beta on Mac & PC with updates including 'advanced text' which practically means contextual glyphs finally done properly. Early glimpse of the Mac version shows that Apple has abandoned its default Giza font which appeared irrespective of the font chosen on the website to something more horrible (if that's even possible). The letters are all connected properly (well, almost) but are now rendered in a pseudo Arabic Transparent Windows look-alike font.
Read more »
Adobe Flash CS3 – Why Adobe?
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Arabic, Online, Software
So Adobe releases Flash 9 (or CS3). Great new features, better streamlined file import and mobile content development yet absolutely not a single line of code of support for Arabic.
Unicode fonts are still broken apart when embedded, and if you're the traditional let me just rely on the plain old system fonts, it's no surprise that it still does not support bi-directional rendering either. Read more »
mentitas – stop the torture
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Print
funny...! Click on the thumbnail to enlarge
Top 100 Advertising Campaigns of the Century
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Miscellaneous
Snickers – Darabak el joo3?
Posted by fawzi | Filed under Radio
Great Radio campaign for Snickers in Lebanon avec Jean Luc!
3 different versions below...
Snickers 1 - 36" Download link
Snickers 2 - 38" Download link
Snickers 3 - 40" Download link