Tasmeem
Open-knowledge reference entry
Tasmeem was a set of Arabic enhancements for Adobe InDesign ME, developed by WinSoft International and DecoType. Tasmeem allowed users to create typographically advanced text in Arabic in the Middle Eastern and North African versions of InDesign, turning it into a typesetting and design tool for Arabic.
Arabic calligraphy with Tasmeem
Tasmeem integrated Arabic traditional calligraphy with modern typefaces.
ASubset of Tasmeem features
Tasmeem fonts
Tasmeem 4 proposed a new collection of fonts such as Naskh, Emiri, and Hasan Hiba. Tasmeem fonts could only be used with Tasmeem.
Word Shaping
Word Shaping presented all the possible calligraphic alternatives for the selected letters of a word.
Text Shaping
Text Shaping dealt with the same calligraphic parameters as the Word Shaping, but automated it for large amounts of text. Distribution of shape alternates, dissimilation of the same letter through a variation, Kashida distribution and frequency can be precisely controlled and applied on long text, just like a regular paragraph style.
The Position Tuner
The Position Tuner feature allows dragging and positioning a segment of a word with the mouse in normal, searchable text. It adjusts spacing, and kerning and creates calligraphic arrangements.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7687572. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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