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Unicode is preferred over Windows 1256 in modern applications, especially on the Internet, where the dominant UTF-8 encoding is most used for web pages, including for Arabic (see also Arabic script in Unicode, for complete coverage, unlike for e.g. Windows 1256 or ISO-8859-6 that do not cover extras).
The rules governing ligature formation in Arabic can be quite complex, requiring special script-shaping technologies such as the Arabic Calligraphic Engine by Thomas Milo's DecoType. [2] As of Unicode 16.0, the Arabic script is contained in the following blocks: [3] Arabic (0600–06FF, 256 characters) Arabic Supplement (0750–077F, 48 characters)
Constable, Peter (2016-10-28), Script property of Arabic Letter Mark and interaction with digit substitution mechanisms: L2/17-016: Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C24", UTC #150 Minutes, Change the Script property of U+061C from Common to Arabic, and change Script_Extensions from Default to Arabic, Syriac, and Thaana, for Unicode 10.0 ...
Code page 720 (CCSID 720) [1] (also known as CP 720, IBM 00720, and OEM 720) is a code page used under DOS to write Arabic in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. [2] The Windows (ANSI) code page for Arabic is Windows-1256 .
Arabic Supplement is a Unicode block that encodes Arabic letter variants used for writing non-Arabic languages, including languages of Pakistan and Africa, and old Persian. Block [ edit ]
A numeric character reference refers to a character by its Universal Character Set/Unicode code point, and a character entity reference refers to a character by a predefined name. A numeric character reference uses the format &#nnnn; or &#xhhhh; where nnnn is the code point in decimal form, and hhhh is the code point in hexadecimal form.
It contains both Latin and Arabic script. The font, released on 30 April 2017, is included as part of Microsoft's Windows 10 and Office 365 , and is also available for free download. It will be used by all government departments in Dubai, according to the instruction of the Dubai Executive Council.
In addition, Unicode assigns the name "Common" to ISO 15924's Zyyy code for undetermined scripts, "Inherited" to ISO 15924's Zinh code for inherited scripts, and "Unknown" to ISO 15924's Zzzz code for uncoded scripts. There are script codes defined by ISO 15924 but are not used in Unicode, including Zsym (Symbols) and Zmth (Mathematical notation).