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Problem in show Arabic letters ..

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MAMProgr
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There was a problem to show Arabic letters in the text, only in the Firefox version 9 ..

The problem appears when there is formation of the Arabic letters with some letters ..

Ex : Word (ألّا) appears inappropriate .. Word appears:http://i44.tinypic.com/2agixaw.png

While the right to appear is: http://i41.tinypic.com/2dui99z.png

Thank you very much ..

There was a problem to show Arabic letters in the text, only in the Firefox version 9 .. The problem appears when there is formation of the Arabic letters with some letters .. Ex : Word (ألّا) appears inappropriate .. Word appears:[http://i44.tinypic.com/2agixaw.png http://i44.tinypic.com/2agixaw.png] While the right to appear is: [http://i41.tinypic.com/2dui99z.png http://i41.tinypic.com/2dui99z.png] Thank you very much ..

Modified by MAMProgr

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cor-el
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Maybe there is a problem with the font that is used.

MAMProgr
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thank you for replying ..

i don't think that the problem in font type ..

i tried these fonts : tahoma,traditional arabic,..

and i tried run FireFox in safe mode but same problem ..

and the problem appear in all PC in my work -about 10 PCs- not in one !

Note : the problem just in FireFox 9 !! in previous versions there is no problem !

thanks alot ..

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cor-el
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It works for me on Linux if I use font-family:"Free Serif", but not with the default "Times New Roman" font and others like Arial and Verdana. 

data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<p style="font-family:Free Serif;font-size:40px" >ألّا</p>
data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:40px" >ألّا</p>
alsakandari
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It is unacceptable to have this problem, even if it's specific to some fonts - other browsers and other versions of firefox have never malfunctioned like this before. It's extremely inconvenient for a great many number of users. please fix.

rz786
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Agree with the previous comment. This is a significant problem that will affect many users. Arabic font rendering has not behaved like this in previous versions of Firefox, and the problem does not occur in Chrome or Internet Explorer.