Am 2008-01-31 um 16:08 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid:
I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left to the number "% 18". Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/ TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this "... the incorrect placement of the percentage sign".
Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ??
It really depends on where you live. In Persian, 18% is common, among Arabs, %18. Both languages are left-to-right, but there is more than one convention for dealing with mathematical directionality.
Some of these issues are still being worked about in the Arabic-script world.
These subtlties need to be addressed for proper high-level handling of Arabic-script in ConTeXt/mkiv.
Hm, reminds me of conventions where you place currency symbols - depending on if you live in a economist/accountant surrounding... Do you think some automated handling of such is possible at all? I know nothing about Arabic script, of course... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)