LaserPashto in Unicode
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Type right to left Pashto, Arabic, and Persian with proper line wrap, full justification, automatic contextualization of consonants, and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type.
LaserPashto in Unicode includes 4 Typestyles
LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh includes right-to-left, Unicode-encoded, TrueType® OpenType™ fonts in 4 typestyles with all characters and diacritics for standard modern Pashto, Arabic, and Persian (not Koranic Arabic), plus English and other west European (Latin 1) languages.
LateefiPashtoLSU
KitabiPashtoLSU
NargisiPashtoLSU
SarmastPashtoLSU
The fonts also support Persian.
| LateefiPashtoLSU | KitabiPashtoLSU |
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| NargisiPashtoLSU | SarmastPashtoLSU |
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Users can type right to left with proper line wrap and full justification of Pashto, Arabic, and Persian text. The fonts include OpenType™ layout features that provide automatic contextualization of consonants and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type. The user may switch back and forth between Pashto, Arabic, Persian, English, and the other supported Latin languages simply by toggling between the included Pashto, Arabic, Persian, and English keyboard drivers, without changing fonts. When you select one of the Pashto, Arabic or Persian keyboards, input will automatically be right to left. When you select the English keyboard, the input direction will automatically change to left to right. Users may combine Pashto, Arabic, and Persian with text from any other language supported by your computer's Operating System. All this can be done with your regular physical keyboard. You do not need to buy a special keyboard to use the LaserPashto in Unicode fonts.
The Unicode encoding of these fonts means the Windows and Macintosh fonts are completely compatible. Documents may be freely exchanged between Windows and Macintosh users, with no conversion or special handling necessary, as long as each user owns the fonts and has a compatible application. (Please be sure you understand the System Requirements for Windows and Macintosh before you order.)
Language Support by LaserPashto in Unicode
The fonts in LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows and Macintosh support the following languages:
 Afrikaans |
Dutch |
Icelandic |
Persian |
| Arabic |
English |
Indonesian |
Portuguese |
| Basque |
Finnish |
Italian |
Spanish |
| Catalan |
French |
Norwegian |
Swedish |
| Danish |
German |
Pashto |
plus additional languages covered by code page 1252 |
Read here about the Windows product, or scroll down for the Macintosh product.
LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows
LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows
LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows provides high-quality, Unicode-encoded Pashto, Arabic, and Persian fonts (described above) in TrueType format for standard modern Pashto, Arabic, and Persian, for typing right to left with proper line wrap and full justification. The fonts include OpenType layout features that provide automatic contextualization of consonants and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type. The fonts make use of the OpenType shaping engine (Uniscribe) built into Windows 10, 8, 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000. The fonts do not include the distinctive symbols of Koranic Arabic. LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows includes five keyboard layouts that provide four-characters-per-key input (instead of the normal two). Two of the keyboards support Pashto; one supports Arabic; one supports Persian; and one supports English and the other Latin 1 languages supported by the fonts.
LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows Keyboard Layouts
- The PashtoLSU Phonetic keyboard layout is a phonetic layout with the Pashto sounds matched to the English (US) keyboard as closely as possible.
- The PashtoLSU Standard keyboard layout closely matches the Pashto (Afghanistan) keyboard in Windows. Some characters not supported by Windows have been added.
- The ArabicLSU Qwerty keyboard layout is a phonetic layout with the Arabic sounds matched to the English (US) keyboard as closely as possible. This keyboard also supports Persian.
- The FarsiLSU Qwerty keyboard layout is a phonetic layout with the Persian sounds matched to the English (US) keyboard as closely as possible. This keyboard also supports Arabic.
- The EnglishLS OT keyboard layout allows the user to type English and other western Latin-based languages easily. It allows the user to toggle from one of the Pashto, Arabic, or Persian keyboards into the EnglishLS OT keyboard and type English, French, German, Spanish, etc., without changing fonts.
- Click this link for a pop-up window showing these five keyboard layouts.
Windows System Requirements:
- Operating Systems
- Requires Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, or Windows 2000 SP3
- Requires installation into Windows XP and 2000 of Arabic supplemental language support. This requires your original Windows XP or 2000 installation or Recovery CD. Our Setup Instructions provide instructions for installing this Windows feature. (Supplemental Language Support is built into Windows 10, 8, 7 and Vista, and does not need to be added separately.)
- Applications
- Requires Microsoft Word 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 or 2002 or another Unicode-aware and OpenType-compatible application that similarly handles Arabic. No version of WordPerfect (tested through v12), no version of QuarkXPress (through v6.5), no version of FrameMaker, and no version of PageMaker will support LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows.
- At this time we know of no other programs, including QuarkXPress 7.0, or the Universal English versions of InDesign and Illustrator, that support the OpenType features in these fonts, even though these programs are Unicode-compatible and support some OpenType features. There may be other software designed for Pashto that does support the OpenType features of the LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows fonts. If you discover any program that does support these features, please contact us.
- Notes
- The fonts will print to any Windows printer at the highest quality allowed by the printer.
- All documentation, including a User's Manual, the Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the characters on the keys), and a Troubleshooting Manual, is in Adobe® Acrobat™ PDF format, and is installed into the Windows Start menu for easy access. Users may view the documentation on screen or print it using Acrobat Reader, available free online if you do not already have it.
- Files created with these fonts are compatible with the Macintosh version of LaserPashto in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to the Macintosh if the system and application requirements are met on both computers.
Cost: US$ 99.95 Order
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LaserPashto in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserPashto in Unicode for Macintosh
LaserPashto in Unicode for Macintosh provides high-quality, Unicode-encoded Pashto, Arabic, and Persian fonts (described above) in TrueType format for standard modern Pashto, Arabic, and Persian, for typing right to left with proper line wrap and full justification (in Mellel, sold separately). The fonts include OpenType layout features which provide automatic contextualization of consonants and proper positioning of vowels and diacritic marks as you type. The fonts do not include the distinctive symbols of Koranic Arabic. LaserPashto in Unicode for Macintosh includes five keyboard layouts. There are two Pashto keyboards—one phonetic based on the English (US) keyboard, and one Standard based on the Macintosh Pashto layout. There is one Arabic phonetic keyboard layout based on the English (US) keyboard, and one Persian phonetic keyboard layout based on the English (US) layout. The user can switch between English and Pashto, English and Arabic, or English and Persian, by pressing the caps lock key. See this link for a pop-up window showing the keyboard layouts.
Macintosh System Requirements:
- Operating Systems
- Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or higher.
- Applications
- Requires Mellel, sold separately.
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Even applications that claim to be Unicode and OpenType compliant (e.g., QuarkXPress 7.0 or InDesign) may only support a limited range of Unicode characters or a limited set of OpenType features. Contact Linguist's Software about compatibility questions and about the availability of a non-Unicode version of this product that works in all applications.
- Notes
- All documentation, including a User's Manual and Keyboard Layout Charts (showing placement of the characters on the keys) is in Adobe® Acrobat™ PDF format. Users may view the documentation on screen or print it, using Acrobat Reader, available free online if you do not already have it.
- Files created with these fonts are compatible with the Windows version of LaserPashto in Unicode. No conversion of files is necessary when transferring files to Windows if the system and application requirements are met on both computers.
Cost: US$ 99.95 Order
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Mellel $25 Order ($25 when ordered with this Macintosh product, $38 sold separately.) |
Also available for use with LaserPashto in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
- Semitic Transliterator in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh, for transliteration of Semitic languages and Greek.
- LaserArabic & Farsi in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
- LaserCoptic in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
- LaserAmharic in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
- LaserGreek in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
- LaserHebrew in Unicode for Windows or Macintosh
Also Available: Non-Unicode Pashto, Arabic, and Persian Fonts
For non-Unicode versions of our Pashto, Arabic, and Persian fonts, available for both Windows and Macintosh, see:
The LaserPashto non-Unicode fonts are not interchangeable with LaserPashto in Unicode fonts. However, both Unicode and non-Unicode versions of LaserPashto may be installed on your system (since they have different file and font names) and may even be used in the same documents. The value of the non-Unicode-encoded LaserPashto product is the fonts may be used in applications that do not support the OpenType features of LaserPashto in Unicode. Note, however, non-Unicode LaserPashto does not support right-to-left input.
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Testimonials
Here's what others are saying about LaserPashto in Unicode:
"All your products are really beautiful in addition to being functional. My heartiest congratulations! I am absolutely amazed by your talent and genius. My very best regards and gratitude,"
Michael F. Pajak, Mount Laurel, NJ