0% found this document useful (0 votes)
45 views3 pages

Qalambartar (QB) For Windows and Mac: 10, 2 M Flower @

1. QalamBartar (QB) is a Windows and Mac software tool for working with Arabic fonts. It allows precise control and adjustment of letterforms, dots, and marks. 2. After installing QB, it can be accessed via keyboard shortcuts. The interface has four panels for font selection, dot/mark launching, tools, and a character compass. 3. Using QB's tools and keyboard/mouse shortcuts allows fine control over letter positioning, dot/mark placement, character alternates, and more for beautifying Arabic text in other programs.

Uploaded by

amojoghde123
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
Download as pdf or txt
0% found this document useful (0 votes)
45 views3 pages

Qalambartar (QB) For Windows and Mac: 10, 2 M Flower @

1. QalamBartar (QB) is a Windows and Mac software tool for working with Arabic fonts. It allows precise control and adjustment of letterforms, dots, and marks. 2. After installing QB, it can be accessed via keyboard shortcuts. The interface has four panels for font selection, dot/mark launching, tools, and a character compass. 3. Using QB's tools and keyboard/mouse shortcuts allows fine control over letter positioning, dot/mark placement, character alternates, and more for beautifying Arabic text in other programs.

Uploaded by

amojoghde123
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1/ 3

QalamBartar (QB) for Windows and Mac

Dropping dots, Arabic has 19 letterforms: 14 are right and left joiners, 4 join right but not
left breaking words into segments. Terminating words, 10 extend their ends clockwise, 2
counterclockwise, M either way but the flower @ drops one petal. Hamza is a non-joiner.
=

      ‫ݤ
ݤ‬ end       
‫ ـ ـ ـ ـ‬    join  ‫ !   ﻟـ‬#" #$‫ ݐ‬#‫ݓ‬$ #‫ݔ‬$ (‫ݑ( ݐ‬
R @ CCW M
=

See how Kaf and the flower @


1. line to H, Jeem and Waw Ą‫ ݤ‬ŏ Ą‫ ݤ‬ś Ì‫ ݤ‬șŏ Ì‫ ݤ‬гŏ
2. curve up to Alif and Dal
3. curve down to Ra Ȟ‫ ݤ‬ǯ Ȟ‫ ݤ‬Ǽ Ö‫ ݤ‬ô ‫ݤ‬ÖĈ ‫ݤ‬Ìȡ Ì‫ ݤ‬Ĉ
4. atop (Shelter) Meem
5. are shouldered by Jeem, @ and Y Ì‫ݤ‬ʦƠ ‫ݤ‬Ìćư Ȕ‫ ݤ‬ŵ þ‫ ݤ‬Ž ‫ݤ‬йLJ ‫ˬݤ‬Ǔ
‫ݤ‬
That’s right: 14 not only join appropriately, but also distant themselves
differently from R lest they should create unpleasant irregularities,
within and between words. Such dynamic and smart letterforms
necessitate not only dynamic and smart fonts, but also a tool
(QalamBartar) to cute with them, harmonizing spaces and adjusting the
dots of their alike, as well.

After installing and activating, run QB, and do not forget to Key
[Ctrl+Shift+Q] to see its Interface, then Key [Windows+\] or [Mac+\]
to see four (4) panels: Font List, Dot+Mark Launcher, Tools and the
Character Compass. Mouse hovering on the tools reveal their functions:
: Rotate Pair of Dots Up o Export
Left ■ Undo Changes Right
 Normal/Wide Down  Cycle thru Alternatives

Run M$ Wordpad or MacTextEdit, choose a QB


font and, Keeping an eye on the Compass, go on
typing and launching dots and marks here and here
above/below letters.
With the help of the Tools, the Compass, the
keyboard and the mouse, it is easy to target and:
1. Move any letter up and down, across and back by


‫ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݣݣ ݣݣ ݥ
  ݥݣ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݥ ݣ ݣ ݥ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݤݤ ݥݣݤ‬
hitting Arrows or Keying [Alt+Arrow].

 
‫ݥ‬
2. Swash one of the ccw-terminating Green by hitting  or Keying [Alt+Space], then
Overlap the following word across it, so as to save space and beautify phrases.


‫ݣ ݭ ݣݫ ݔݭ‬ ‫ݣ ݬݓ ݪ ݣ ݪ ݪݣ ݪ ݣ‬
‫ݣ ݣ  ـ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݣ ݥ‬
ً ً ً ً
3. Cycle thru Alternatives of H, @, Kaf, Y or Alif+Lam by hitting  or keying [Alt+H].

-.,+*+ ‫& ݥ'(ݥ‬%$‫ ! ݫ ݔ‬#" ! ‫ݣ‬


‫ݥ‬/01‫ݣ‬.2 /01
‫ݣ ݥ‬.,  !+ *)' ()' %
" ‫ & ݥ‬%
"
‫ ݥ‬# ‫ ! ݤ‬
4. Shelter M, or @/H shoulder letters by hitting  or keying [Alt+H] to make self-
explanatory combinations in order to save space and beautify phrases.

;<69.:( .5*9 .86"71.5671.5341./01


A7B.@
?. =>.:!;<9. 789. 76. 34

‫ݨ ݦ ݦݨݐ‬
5. Free and rotate pair of dots by hitting : or Keying [Alt+:],
• Remove dot(s) by Keying [Del] or [Backspace] , or
• Change color and size of dot(s) independently, or

‫ݦ ݦ ݨݨݨݦ‬
• Accurately position the dot(s) by holding [Ctrl+Alt] and keying Arrow key.

‫ = ݤ ݡݥ‬8A‫= ݧ>ݥ @ ݫ ݔ‬


8‫ݫ ݭݓـ‬A‫ݓ ݫ‬G‫>  ݫ ݫ‬
6. Accurately position a mark by holding [Ctrl+Alt] and keying Arrow key.
• Change color and size of dot(s) independently, or
• Cycle through alternative mark by hitting , or keying [Alt+H].

ً‫ ݧ ݧ ݨ‬H ً‫ݨ‬ ُ‫ ُ ݩَ ݨ‬Hّ


• Slant, elongate or shorten Fatha (/) and (//) by hitting , or keying Alt+Space .

*+ ‫& 'ݥ(ݥ‬%$‫ ! ݫ ݔ‬J‫ ݠ‬


‫ ݣ‬
‫ݧ ݩ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݧ ݩݩ‬
P/S. By default, wide Fatha (/) and (//) are set above wide letters.

‫ݨ‬
‫ ݦ ݦ ݦ ݦ ݦ ݦݨݨ ݩݩ‬ ّ ‫ݨ‬ ‫ݧ‬ ‫ݧ‬ ‫ݧ‬ ‫ݧ‬ ‫ݦ‬ ‫ݨ‬ ‫ݨ‬ ‫ݦ‬ ‫ݦ‬ ‫ݦ‬
7. Add variety of Marks
and Kashidas to simulate ‫ ݩݩ‬ ‫ ݥݨ‬ ‫ݥݨـ ــ ݣݔ
ݣ ݣݤ  ݣ ݣ‬
Arabic calligraphy.

8 Select a phrase and undo changes by hitting ■ or pressing Alt+Delete


. .
9. Export Artwork by clicking o or pressing Alt+C
• Asis, simply by copy pasting into InDesign, Office,
Illustrator, PhotoShop or CorelDraw
• As eps, emf, png or bmp choosing type, color and size
• As crisp, clean and scalable vector (svg) simply by
dragging and dropping the captured image into Freehand,
Illustrator, PhotoShop or CorelDraw.

10. Regulate spaces after words ending with R by replacing them with half spaces.

Programmable Keyboard
Assign your own keys according to your need so that the higher the frequency, the more
accessible the key/Character is made.

Subject to change without notice __________________________ MaryamSoft.com

You might also like