[1 mod] Arabic: HEH initial form too wide

[Masoud Abkenar]

I printed a long text (12 A4 pages, 12px) in UbuntuArabicBetaF font. One of the main issues I had when reading the text was the character ه (HEH) in the initial (beginning) form. It is simply too wide. It's almost as wide as two MEEMs (مم).

I've attached a screenshot, also depicting a preliminary design for making it narrower.

[Masoud Abkenar (mabkenar)]

I am the original reporter of this and some other uff-arabic bugs. I used to have access to a private PPA to test Ubuntu Arabic font. But I cannot see it anymore. How (if?) can I join the testing again?

[Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz)]

Hello, we are sorting this out now and make sure you are involved. We are confirming the testing dates but it most likely won't start before mid/late September

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

@amirmasoud: there's nothing to test right at the moment; in the next month or so that should change with a proposed scaling of Arabic to fit within the existing bounding boxes.