which font is better for Persian-Farsi/Arabic for subtitling ?

[Sherlock_2]

Hi there.
I am a persian.
Yeah , I am from Iran. (i hope you guys don't hate Iran and Iranians:p)
Anyway , I want to add persian subtitles for my DVDs
But every subtitle I use , will not be smooth in the result.
Now if there is any Irannian , please guide me.
Thanks guys

[Sherlock_2]

Am I the only persian man in here ? :D

[Liisachan]

Hi :) I'm not an Irani, just a subber, but have experience to handle Hebrew, Arabic, etc.
Did you already check this list?
http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fontsbyrange.html#u0600
A lot of font names are listed, and you might want to look for some of them.

Some random links:
http://www.sil.org/computing/fonts/
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/mlk/470/ (Urdu Nastalique Font) fyi
http://www.diwan.com/ al-Nashir al-Sahafi Yaqout for Windows /
Diwan Mishafi Font / Arabic Linotype Library Fonts / Diwan Arabic Fonts (free demo available)
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm
Free Arabic fonts
http://user.dtcc.edu/~berlin/font/arabic.htm
http://www.isc.com.au/WebFonts/

Arabic calligraphy - gives extensive details of the different styles of calligraphy and includes beautiful examples of each style: http://www.islamicart.com/main/calligraphy
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/persian.htm
Free Persian fonts
http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/fonts/persian.html
http://iranianlanguages.com
http://www.evertype.com/

Hope some of them will help you :)

[mp3boy]

Salaaaaaaaaam....


You're not the only persian in here, i've been here since long ago...
anyhow you can use TRAFFIC font for best result or YEKAN is not bad...

Wanna check my subtitled movies? www.zirnevis.com

Good luck,

PS: zemnan ziad jaleb nist ke pish farzet in bashe ke hame az maa motanafer hastan. its just a thought