2023-04-14 (SIL WSTech team) Scheherazade New version 4.000

New

• Added Medium and SemiBold weights
• Added Arabic-style (rounded) versions of chevron quotes
• Added Bold calligraphic honorifics (previous ones were the same weight as Regular)
• Added:
  • U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK
  • U+201F DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK
  • U+10EFD ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD SAKTA
  • U+10EFE ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD QASR
  • U+10EFF ARABIC SMALL LOW WORD MADDA

Improved

• Changed Kurdish language to support a U+06BE Heh Doachashmee alternate rather than U+0647 Heh alternate
• Redesigned
  • U+0616 ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE ALEF WITH LAM WITH YEH (see https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/erratafixed.html)
  • Slight adjustments to:
  • gaf-like characters (such as U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF)
  • U+0601 ARABIC SIGN SANAH
  • U+0605 ARABIC NUMBER MARK ABOVE
• Small improvements to kerning

Removed

• Removed support for Sindhi-style comma when Sindhi language is selected
• Removed Graphite support

Known issues

• Shaping for the newly added characters may not yet occur in applications
• Medial and final high hamza characters may have collisions (these likely do not occur)
• Lam + high hamza alef ligature does not form as it likely does not occur

2021-11-22 (SIL WSTech team) Scheherazade New Version 3.300 (official release)

• Added U+0870..U+088E, U+0890..U+0891, U+0898..U+089F, U+08B5, U+08C8..U+08D2
• Added bold version of glyph for U+08AD ARABIC LETTER LOW ALEF
• Added decimal separator feature (cv85)
• Added a longer kashida for cases where diacritics are above or below U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL
• Revised rules for forming Allah ligature

2021-07-15 (SIL WSTech team) Scheherazade New Version 3.200 (official release)

• Double-encoded honorifics to use both PUA codepoints and official Unicode 14.0 codepoints

2021-03-26 (SIL WSTech team) Scheherazade New Version 3.100 (official release)

• Fixed Graphite bug related to spacing of U+2E41
• Fixed OpenType bug with diacritic position (in the context of a shadda) on lam-alef
• Fixed OpenType bug in context of kashida insertion (affected diacritics and spacing)
• Fixed misencoded Delta (U+2209 to U+2206)
• Fixed TypeTuner bug related to shadda+kasra feature
• Added and implemented support for U+08E2 DISPUTED END OF AYAH
• Added two more honorific ligatures
• Updated design of most simple spelled forms of honorific ligatures
• Created calligraphic forms of honorific ligatures
• Added feature cv81, Honorific ligatures, to support turning on simple forms of honorific ligatures

2020-11-5 (SIL WSTech team) Scheherazade New Version 3.000 (official release)

• Renamed font to Scheherazade New
• Resized glyphs to better fit standard Arabic script fonts
• Adjusted line-spacing to reflect larger characters
• Adjusted underline and strikethrough positions and weight
• Updated Arabic script character repertoire to support all characters in the Unicode 13.0 BMP Arabic blocks (except for U+08E2 disputed end of ayah)
• Updated Latin script repertoire to support “Recommended characters for Non-Roman fonts” https://scriptsource.org/entry/gg5wm9hhd3
• Added U+204F and U+2E41 for Sindhi language support
• Added U+FDFA (sallallahou alayhe wasallam), U+FDFB (jallajalalouhou), and U+FDFD (bismillah)
• Added Private Use Area honorific ligatures (all of these are in the Unicode pipeline at non-stable codepoints).
• Adjusted vertical position of isolate keheh-like characters
• Changed design of small v and inverted small v characters (U+063D, U+065A, U+065B, U+0692, U+06B5, U+06C9, U+06CE, U+06EE, U+06EF, U+06FF, U+0756, U+0769, U+077E, U+08B2, U+08BE..U+08C2)
• Changed design of U+06C5 for Kyrgyz language and added feature cv51, Kyrgyz OE, supporting the bar design
• Changed design of U+0677 and U+06C7
• Changed design of high hamza characters (U+0674..U+0678)
• Adjusted the weight and position of some dashes to make them consistent
• Implemented new Allah ligature rules
• Implemented support for UNICODE ARABIC MARK RENDERING (UTR #53)
• Improved kerning – reh/waw, lam-alef ligature, AE+kaf-like initials, and others
• Added collision fixes for certain combinations
• Fixed bug in forming of lam/alef ligatures when automatic kashida justification is turned on
• Added UI name strings for Graphite and OpenType features
• Removed support for Sindhi-style heh when Sindhi language is selected
• Removed support for Urdu-style heh when Urdu language is selected
• Removed “Arabic U” feature
• Removed “Show invisible characters” feature
• Removed “Jeh hack” feature
• Removed “Dotless head of Khah hack” feature
• Added feature cv54, Yeh hamza, for Kyrgyz language
• Added Kyrgyz language support in Graphite and OpenType
• Added Wolof language support in Graphite and OpenType
• Added support for Comma downward when Sindhi language is selected

2015-08-19 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 2.100 (official release)

• Renamed postscript name of Scheherazade Regular from “Scheherazade” to “Scheherazade-Regular”

2015-07-17 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 2.092 (test release)

• Added Scheherazade Bold font
• Slight improvements in design of the Regular face:
  • 060C ARABIC COMMA
  • 061B ARABIC SEMICOLON
  • 065D ARABIC REVERSED DAMMA
  • 0671 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA (improvement in wasla)
  • 06C1 ARABIC LETTER HEH GOAL
  • 08AA ARABIC LETTER REH WITH LOOP
• Diacritic selection feature of Graphite removed; fixed feature name/value string mismatches
• Adjusted sidebearings for U+06EF and U+08B2 to be more consistent
• Fix OT Character variants to work in all language tags
• Small kerning adjustments
• Added three Unicode 8.0 characters
  • 08B3 ARABIC LETTER AIN WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
  • 08B4 ARABIC LETTER KAF WITH DOT BELOW
  • 08E3 ARABIC TURNED DAMMA BELOW
• Added five characters that are not officially in Unicode. They are in the “pipeline.”
  • 08B6 ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH SMALL MEEM ABOVE
  • 08B7 ARABIC LETTER PEH WITH SMALL MEEM ABOVE
  • 08B8 ARABIC LETTER TEH WITH SMALL TEH ABOVE
  • 08B9 ARABIC LETTER REH WITH SMALL NOON ABOVE
  • 08BA ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH TWO DOTS BELOW AND SMALL NOON ABOVE
  • 08BB ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN FEH
  • 08BC ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN QAF
  • 08BD ARABIC LETTER AFRICAN NOON

2014-02-12 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 2.020 (maintenance release)

• Fix language-specific OpenType rendering for Sindhi, Urdu, Kurdish

2013-09-11 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 2.010 (maintenance release)

• Fix rendering of mixtures of upper and lower combining marks
• Fix Graphite shaping for U+08AC ARABIC LETTER ROHINGYA YEH
• Reduce font size by taking advantage of composite TT glyphs

2013-08-01 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 2.000 (official release)

• Removed white on black glyph for full stop

2013-07-15 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.940 (test release)

• Kerning added for reh-like and waw-like characters
• Added five characters that are not officially in Unicode. They are in the “pipeline.”
  • 061C ARABIC LETTER MARK (ALM)
  • 2066 LEFT-TO-RIGHT ISOLATE
  • 2067 RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE
  • 2068 FIRST STRONG ISOLATE
  • 2069 POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE
• 0603 now supports up to 4 digits
• fixed lam+alef collisions with combining marks below
• upper vowel changed to render below maddah (except for 065E)

2013-04-18 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.930 (test release)

• Typetuner now adjusts Graphite features as well as OpenType

2013-03-05 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.920 (test release)

• Added Rohingya language
• Shaping for Subtending marks fixed
• Added line spacing feature for TypeTuner only
• Moved U+065E ARABIC FATHA WITH TWO DOTS to proper position between maddah and alef

2013-01-08 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.910 (test release)

• Improved positioning and size of dagger-alef (U+0670)
• Added feature to access variant glyphs for Superscript Alef (default is small)
• Added Rohingya-style variant to Eastern digits feature
• Improved design of FDF2
• Some improvement in collision avoidance
• Shaping for Subtending marks fixed
• Changed glyph design of Urdu-style U+06F4
• Fixed position of hamza with U+06B8 + U+0625 are in isolate form
• Made U+06BA Arabic Letter Noon Ghunna dotless in all forms

2012-09-18 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.900 (test release)

• Improved positioning of combining marks
• Improved positioning and size of dagger-alef (U+0670)
• Added support for Unicode 5.1, 6.0 and 6.1 Arabic additions
• Added eight characters that are not officially in Unicode. They are in the “pipeline.” Please note that there is a slight possibility that these codepoints could change.
  • 08A1 ARABIC LETTER BEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE
  • 08AD ARABIC LETTER LOW ALEF
  • 08AE ARABIC LETTER DAL WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
  • 08AF ARABIC LETTER SAD WITH THREE DOTS BELOW
  • 08B0 ARABIC LETTER GAF WITH INVERTED STROKE
  • 08B1 ARABIC LETTER STRAIGHT WAW
  • 08B2 ARABIC LETTER ZAIN WITH INVERTED V ABOVE
  • 08FF ARABIC MARK SIDEWAYS NOON GHUNNA
• Changed glyph design for U+06F4 EXTENDED ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT FOUR
• Changed default maddah to be smaller size (as mentioned below, ability to change back to larger size was added)
• Added OpenType support for character variants
• Added Graphite support
• Added TypeTuner features to access variant glyphs for:
  – Dal, Meem, Heh, Arabic U, Maddah, Damma, Inverted Damma, Eastern digits
• Renamed TypeTuner features for:
  • Six-nine dammatan > Dammatan
  • Downward comma > Comma
  • Jeh > Jeh-hack
  • Dotless head of khah > Dotless head of khah hack
• Removed TypeTuner feature for Old Shina hack
• Removed AAT support

2011-02-07 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.005

• Added TypeTuner feature to access jeh alternate
• Added developer release

2009-09-01 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.004

• Added TypeTuner feature to access language alternates

2009-02-04 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.003

• Added TypeTuner feature to control shadda+kasra rendering

2008-10-25 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.002
– Added TypeTuner table with Shina hacks

2007-06-21 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.001

• Re-released under OFL
• no other changes from 1.0

2005-06-03 (SIL NRSI team) Scheherazade Version 1.0

• First public version
• Released under the SIL Freeware License