MacArabic encoding is an obsolete encoding for Arabic (and English) text that was used in
Apple Macintosh
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computers to texts.
The encoding is identical to
MacFarsi encoding, except the numerals.
References
See also
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MacFarsi encoding
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Arabic script in Unicode
Many scripts in Unicode, such as Arabic, have special orthographic rules that require certain combinations of letterforms to be combined into special ligature forms.
In English, the common ampersand (&) developed from a ligature in which the han ...
Character sets
Arabic
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Arabic script
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