Unicode is a universal character encoding standard . It defines how individual characters are represented in web pages, text files, and documents. There are different types of Unicode encoding, with UTF-8 and UTF-16 being the most common . UTF-8 is widely used on the web and is the default encoding standard in many software programs. UTF-8 encoding can use up to four bytes to represent a character . For English letters, UTF-8 uses one byte. European (Latin), Hebrew, and Arabic characters typically use two bytes. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Asian characters use three bytes, while certain special symbols may require four bytes.

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Q: What is the difference between Unicode and ANSI Arabic fonts?

Both ANSI and UTF-8 are character encoding formats. ANSI is a Microsoft-specific standard mainly used to encode Latin alphabets, whereas UTF-8 is an implementation of Unicode that supports more than 128,000 characters.

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Open the Windows Explorer and go to C:\Windows\Fonts directory. Then go to Control Panel, click on Fonts, click on "Install New Fonts" and finally go to the directory where you have downloaded and extracted the font file.

Select all the Arabic fonts and click ok. This will install the required fonts.

After installation, you should now be able to see the Arabic fonts on Microsoft Word or any other program that supports text processing

If you are unable to see the installed font, you might need to restart the computer.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is the difference between Unicode and ANSI Arabic fonts?

What is Unicode?

References:

[1] LibreTexts. “The consonant Hamza (ء) is a unique Arabic consonant representing a glottal stop… can appear in beginning, middle, or end positions.” Retrieved from https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Languages /Arabic/Arabic_Level_One/04%3A_Chapter_Four-_Introduce_Self/4.03%3A_The_Consonant_Hamza
[2] Babbel. “The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters, all of which are consonants (though three can act as vowels in certain situations).” Retrieved from https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/arabic-alphabet
[3] An educational resource on the Arabic alphabet. “The Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters, all considered consonants; vowels are indicated by diacritic marks above or below consonants.” Retrieved from https://tplsites.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/ARBxx-ENGus/grammar/AGPAlphabet.htm
[4] Wikipedia-cited sources (e.g., internal linguistics sources) “Central Semitic includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic (Northwest Semitic).” Retrieved from Central Semitic classification
[5] Britannica (via trusted summary) “Semitic languages include Arabic among major official languages in 26 countries...” Retrieved from Britannica (Summary)
[6] Unicode Consortium. “The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0—Middle East-I: Arabic Script Usage.” Retrieved from https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode12.0.0 /ch09.pdf

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