1 Topic by mustafamuthenna

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Topic: arabic language?

Why doesn't the Arabic language work on tw?
like maybe the word is : لغة
it appears like : ة غ ل
I want to make an Arabic language file for my friend cuz they don't speak English.

2 Reply by heinrich5991

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Re: arabic language?

It's because of the missing RTL (right-to-left) support in teeworlds.

3 Reply by mustafamuthenna

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Re: arabic language?

is there anyway to solve it?

4 Reply by Dune

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Re: arabic language?

You need to have someone to code it in Teeworlds.

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Re: arabic language?

Hello,

I made an Arabic language file for TeeWorlds, I hope it's good smile
the link: http://www.mediafire.com/?088v6ppyk3z5r12

can anyone of the developers tell us where is the problem?
I mean I which file, so we can tell somebody to code it smile

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Re: arabic language?

1. you need to support bidirectional text formating (check FriBidi or sth similar)
2. Not sure how complex arabic is but probably also need to support text shaping (e.g. harfbuzz)

you could also try to implement some other libs like ICU or Pango but they are much bigger and mainly are based on those smaller libs