[HarfBuzz] Unicode vs glyphs

[Behdad Esfahbod]

On 06/14/11 11:58, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> On 14-06-2011 21:24, pravin.d.s at gmail.com wrote:
>> And if someone started thinking for Nastaliq script, he need lots of
>> glyphs(6 times more than indic scripts)
> 
> I realize this is getting slightly OT for this thread but really what is the
> consensus on Nastaliq? A glyphic variant of Arabic? A stylistic one?

Stylistic variant.  And there are OpenType fonts for it out there.  Each
region has its own style of Nastaliq.  For Iranian, look for IranNastaliq.
There's many Urdu / Pakistani ones, like Nafees Nastalieeq, Pak Nastaleeq, and
Alvi Nastaleeq.

behdad