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How to use Shetab Farsi Negar in graphical applications?

  1. Run Shetab Farsi Negar.

  2. Select مریم (Maryam) Fontmap on combo box in trail of toolbar.

  3. Type the text that you want.

  4. Click copy button on tool bar (Note: do not select copy menu in short cut menu).

  5. Go to the graphical application and place a type tool like when you want type English.

  6. Select a Maryam font like F_Nazanin, on the graphical application.

  7. Now right click on the graphical application edit box and select paste.

  8. If you have Windows XP or 2000 and have some character show incorrectly Disable or Enable Ansi Mode and try again

 

What is the Fontmap?

A Fontmap is letters code in font table. most graphical application optimized to work with English letters code. So to force them use Arabic letters, non-Unicode Fontmaps are created. In the Fontmaps, Arabic letters are placed in positions that graphical applications can use them.

Currently many Fontmap exists and they have it's own fonts and all of them has advantage and disadvantage, you should choose which Fontmap is suitable for you. Shetab Farsi Negar allows you to work with all of them at once if you have their fonts.

 

How could I find fonts for Fontmap?

Run Shetab Farsi Negar, Select "Download Fonts" from menu and choose a Fontmap that you want get it's fonts. If the fonts of that Fontmap available for download, it's menu will be enabled otherwise it will be disabled.

 

What can I do if some characters appear incorrectly in some graphical applications?

If Ansi Mode is enabled, disable it and try again. If Ansi Mode is disabled, enable it and try again.

For more information see What is Ansi Mode?

If still has problem you should use another Fontmap for that graphical applications.

 

What is Ansi Mode?

Ansi Mode available only in windows 2000 and XP or later. In some cases When you use special Fontmaps  some characters may appear incorrectly in target graphical application, so If Ansi Mode is enabled, disable it and try again. If Ansi Mode is disabled, enable it and try again.

For example you must disable it if you are using Maryam Fontmap on Adobe Photoshop.

You can enable or disable Ansi Mode in Edit menu.


What is Font Loader?

Shetab Farsi Negar loads all fonts in subfolders of Font Loader folder. Font Loader folder is "My Fonts" folder in "My Documents". This property lets you don't copy fonts into Windows fonts folder. It's better to don't copy non-standard graphical fonts into Windows fonts folder, so the best way is to use Font Loader.