Arabic • Farsi • Urdu

Free Arabic/Farsi/Urdu (upon request) with new purchase of Lingua Workstation

Nota Bene’s Arabic, Farsi and Urdu module(s) expand Lingua Workstation’s range. These languages:

  • Are fully integrated into Lingua (they use the same advanced language mechanism as do the existing alphabets supported by Lingua)
  • Can be used in the word processor proper, in Ibidem bibliographic databases, and in Orbis (free-form text retrieval)
  • Can be saved as RTF so that the file can be opened in Microsoft Word

    Included in each module is everything you need to work in that language:

  • Keyboard files (both a national and a mnemonic layout for each language)


    (keyboards can be customized using a menu)

  • Automatic right-to-left typing and editing
  • Language/alphabet switching keyboard shortcuts
  • Rendering tables for highest quality placement of accents
  • Accent tables (F6 has been updated for Arabic)




    Nota Bene’s Arabic/Farsi/Urdu modules utilize standard Windows fonts—you can use any Windows font, as long as the font includes the Arabic alphabet characters supported by Lingua. As with other languages, you can choose any size from 4 point to over 250 point.

    In addition, special features specific to the Arabic alphabet are supported:
  • Automatic contextualization of character forms (initial, medial, final, standalone)
  • Manual override of automatic contextualization
  • Special zero-width joiner and non-joiner characters
  • Automatic tatweel insertion for justification
  • Automatic generation of lam-alef ligature
  • “Smart numbers”—select between Arabic (European), Arabic (Arabic), and Farsi/Urdu glyphs
  • Koranic accent marks

    Arabic/Farsi/Urdu require:
  • Windows XP or Vista
  • Nota Bene Lingua Workstation version 8.0I or higher
  • An access code for Arabic (and Farsi and/or Urdu)

    To place your order, or to check prices, go to our secure order form. Or call us at 1-800-4NB-ORDER (1-800-462-6733) or 718-382-1500 (office hours are Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, Eastern Standard Time).

    If you have any questions, call us at the above numbers or send an e-mail to sales@notabene.com.

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