Arabic and Hebrew
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Examples
Arabic
This is an example style file for typesetting Arabic documents.
% engine=luatex \mainlanguage[arabic] % Font \definefontfeature [arabic] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes] \starttypescript [serif] [arabic] \definefontsynonym [Arabic-Light] [name:arabtype] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [Arabic-Bold] [name:arabtype] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [Arabic-Italic] [name:arabtype] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [Arabic-Bold-Italic] [name:arabtype] [features=arabic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [arabic] [name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Arabic-Light] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Arabic-Italic] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Arabic-Bold] [features=arabic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Arabic-Bold-Italic] [features=arabic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [Arabic] \definetypeface [Arabic] [rm] [serif] [arabic] [default] \stoptypescript \def\ArabicGlobalDir {\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT} \def\ArabicParDir {\textdir TRT\pardir TRT} \def\ArabicTextDir {\textdir TRT} \def\LatinParDir {\textdir TLT\pardir TLT} \def\LatinTextDir {\textdir TLT} \def\LatinGlobalDir {\pagedir TLT\bodydir TLT\pardir TLT\textdir TLT} \definestartstop [arabicpar] [commands=\Arabic\ArabicParDir] \define[1]\AR {{\Arabic\ArabicTextDir#1}} \define\setArabic {\ArabicGlobalDir% \usetypescript[Arabic]% \setupbodyfont[Arabic,20pt]} \definestartstop [latinpar] [commands=\Arabic\LatinParDir] \define[1]\LT {{\LatinTextDir#1}} \define\setLatin {\LatinGlobalDir% \usetypescript[lm]% \setupbodyfont[lm,20pt]} \setcharactermirroring[1]