Update on April 28th: I got the chance to try Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 beta 2. I discovered the following: Arabic letters do not render properly in Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 (first picture). However it works find in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel (next 3 screen-shots).
Or for OS X = 10.9, click on the + icon, locate the 'Arabic' entry and add it. Now, whenever you need to type Arabic, you'll be able to select the Arabic keyboard from the menu bar. English is denoted by either the U.S flag or similar. Arabic is denoted by the green crescent or isolated ع depending on your OS X version. Use a shortcut to. Looking for Microsoft fonts? Click to find the best 28 free fonts in the Microsoft style. Every font is free to download!
Update: According to Apple-wd Word does support Arabic.
Remember that this is not the final product.
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Update: The direction button isn’t for switching to RTL. Arabic letters are disconnected. No Arabic support until now.
Boy Genius Report has posted a hands on with Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Microsoft’s upcoming Mac version of their office suite. No word about Arabic support in the suite.
However it appears that there is a “Direction” button in Word for Mac 2011.The Direction button is for writing up to down text. We’re hoping that we will see Arabic and Right to Left (RTL/BiDi) support in Office for Mac 2011. Microsoft has avoided supporting RTL languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
Thanks Yousuf Omar for noticing that button.
Arabic Font For Mac Office 2011 Download Free
Arabic version of this post on SaudiMac.net.
Looks like Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 beta 2 has been leaked. We do not recommend installing unofficial software.
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Andalus is an Arabic display font. Its design is a modern interpretation of Kairawani Kufic. This font is suitable for headlines, titles, posters, and any graphic design project where artistic flavor is desired.
- This font has shipped with Windows since Windows 3.1 (Arabic edition) as a TrueType font.
- Version 5.92 shipped with Windows 7, support for advance OpenType layout tables to improve marks positioning and other typographic enhancements were added.
- Version 5.99 shipped with Windows 8, we added traditional phrase-ligatures and support for end-of-Ayat mark to make Andalus more user-friendly to native Arabic language users.
| File name | Andlso.ttf |
| Styles & Weights | Andalus |
| Copyright | Copyright 1993 Glyph Systems, Limited Partnership. Portions © 2011 The Monotype Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
| Designers | Mohammad Alagha, Mamoun Sakkal |
| Font vendor | Glyph Systems, Monotype Corporation |
| Script Tags | dlng:'Arab' slng:'Arab', 'Latn' |
| Code pages | 1252 Latin 1 1256 Arabic |
| Fixed pitch | False |
Licensing and redistribution info
- Font redistribution FAQ for Windows
- License Microsoft fonts for enterprises, web developers, for hardware & software redistribution or server installations
Products that supply this font
| Product name | Font version |
|---|---|
| Windows 10 | See the Windows 10 page. |
| Windows 8.1 | See the Windows 8.1 page. |
| Windows 8 | See the Windows 8 page. |
| Windows 7 | See the Windows 7 page. |
| Windows Vista | 5.00 |
| Windows XP | 1.01 |
| Windows 2000 | 1.01 |
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Style & weight examples
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- Figure 1: Andalus is an Arabic display font based on Kairawani Kufic calligraphy.
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- Figure 2: Traditional phrase-ligatures added in version 5.99