Appendix F: Arabic Font Support
Overview
The NCR 7169 Multifunction Printer supports the Arabic font (Code Page 1256). It
prints each character one by one according to the code number specified. Each Arabic
character changes its shape according to the context, which makes it difficult to
interpret. The printer provides the functionality to automatically transform Arabic
characters according to the context.
To enable this functionality, the printer has to be configured with the following settings:
• Code Page=1256
• Special Font=Mode 4 (Proportional Contextual 1256) or Mode 5 (Fixed Pitch
Contextual 1256)
Based on these settings, the following transformation features are available for
characters of code page 1256:
• Contextual forms
• Word ligatures
• Reverse the Arabic strings
These features can be used based on the proportional font and with the following
conditions:
• Arabic Proportional font exists in the double-byte character set (DBCS) font area.
• Asian Mode is disabled.
• Code page 1256 is selected or Arabic characters (0600–06FF) are specified in
Unicode mode.
If Arabic proportional font does not exist in the DBCS font area, the features will be
unavailable, and Code page 1256 isolated characters are printed in fixed pitch.
Contextual forms
Arabic letters have contextual forms, depending on the surrounding letters in a word. A
typical three letter-word will start with a letter in initial form, followed by a letter in
medial form and, finally, by a letter in final form. Curly writing is a way to write a
word in connection to all the characters in that word. This feature is supported in
contextual forms.
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