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Subject:RE: Fonts for translation From:"Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com> To:"Chinell, David F \(GE EntSol, Security\)" <David -dot- Chinell -at- GE -dot- com>, "techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:43:32 -0700
Chinell, David F wrote:
> Can anyone report on which fonts (both serif and sans serif) you've
used
> successfully for material that must be translated from English to
other
> languages? I understand Arial Unicode MS works well. I'd like to find
a
> well-matched pair of serif and sans serif.
>
> Perhaps as a separate issue, do you know of fonts that work for
> right-to-left translation, such as Arabic and Hebrew?
I strongly suggest you work with your translation vendor rather than
making decisions based on feedback from the list.
Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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