222 wrote :
Hi,
wondering if anyone can recommend CSS font-families for ARABIC font display?
or is it best to specify no font and let the user agent pick the best?
The latter. Just let the user choose and select the font family he wants
or has for arabic or just use the generic "sans-serif" for the font.
Browsers have setting, preferences users can choose for
language said:
particularly interested in hearing from those who have successfully launched
AR lang sites..
I have. Just make sure that language, charset encoding in the webpage
and that the server is properly configured to serve the selected
character set/encoding.
E.g.:
<html dir="rtl" lang="ar">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="ar">
You may have to check
http://web-sniffer.net/
for the http header responses.
More on all this:
W3C internationalization
Introducing Character Sets and Encodings
http://www.w3.org/International/getting-started/characters
Language on the web
http://www.w3.org/International/getting-started/language
Internationalization Quick tips
http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
Gérard
