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Syriac and Arabic typesetting, accessible PDF
The Prologue of John (1:1–18) in Syriac, Arabic and English
170 × 240 mm · Gentium Book, Amiri, Noto Sans Syriac · 6 pp
About this sample
A 6-page sample: the Prologue of John in three versions, set verse by verse. The Peshitta in Syriac and the Van Dyck Arabic with full vowels run right to left beside the World English Bible. The table header repeats on every page. A page of notes mixes the two directions: Syriac and Arabic words inside English sentences and footnotes, in the right order. The PDF is tagged and passes PAC 2024 for PDF/UA-1 and WCAG 2.2 with no errors. Gentium Book, Amiri, Noto Sans Syriac. Accessible PDF, InDesign package, IDML. Self-initiated sample; Peshitta text MIT, Van Dyck and WEB public domain.
What it shows
- Syriac (Estrangela) and fully vowelled Arabic set right to left
- Three versions verse by verse, with the table header repeated on every page
- Syriac and Arabic words inside English sentences and footnotes, in the right order
- A tagged PDF that passes PAC 2024 for PDF/UA-1 and WCAG 2.2 with no errors
- Syriac and Arabic text read correctly by screen readers and copied in logical order
Syriac: the Peshitta New Testament from the SEDRA 3.0 database (George A. Kiraz and James W. Bennett), as published by the ETCBC at github.com/ETCBC/syrnt (MIT licence). Arabic: the Smith–Van Dyck translation (1865), public domain, from ebible.org. English: World English Bible, public domain.
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