Contest 02/07/2020 = Translate & Win 2 Flowers
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In response to T.me/FlowerCrosswords/70 , I have received a worthy feedback in Jawi (Arabic-Based Malay) from a Malaysian teacher named Haj Hamdan Abdul Rahaman > T.me/FonJawi/566 .
Removing the dots from his reply, I launched this transliteration contest T.me/FonJawi/569 . Fortunately, last night, a Malaysian teacher from Selangor named Miss Afifah Tamyes responded at T.me/FonJawi/572. She has won a copy of T.me/FonJawi/332. Today, I am looking forward to translating her Malay transliteration that reads:
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MasyaAllah tabarakAllah? Tidak terlayang dalam benak saya untuk mencadangkan pembuangan titik-titik huruf Jawi dari teks Jawi / Arab tanpa mengorbankan kebolehejaan.

Pada hakikatnya semua huruf Arab adalah huruf konsonan. Tiada satu pun huruf vokal. Pada masa yang sama tiada satu pun huruf Arab yang mempunyai titik. Jadi dari segi bentuk, tiada tanda antara huruf-huruf (ba ta tsa nun ya) (jim ha kho) (dal dzal) (ro zai) (sin syin) (sod dhod) (tho dzo) ('ain ghain) (fa qhof) dan lain-lain.

Akibatnya ramailah orang yang salah baca. Untuk memastikan semua orang dapat membacanya dengan betul maka usaha untuk mempurbakan sistem tulisan, ejaan dan bacaan pun dilakukan?

Pada fasa yang awal hanya bacaan menurut sebutan baku yang diajarkan. Apabila Islam sudah merebak ke wilayah yang lebih luas, meliputi wilayah yang berlainan. Dialek maka timbul pula masalah baru iaitu sebutan dialek.

Untuk mengatasi masalah baru atau memenuhi keperluan. Baru pelbagai usaha telah dilakukan dan ini masih berterusan hingga sekarang.

Mana yang tiada diadakan. Kalau kurang lengkapkan. Pengalaman menunjukkan tidak ada lebihan yang perlu pembuangan. Inilah yang saya terkejut apabila ada cadangan pengguguran titik. Wallahua'lam.
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The winner is the first to Telegram me the translation.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/693
All the Best for All with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/4

Are Malays fond of Arabic? T.me/FonJawi/578
Ya. Malays across southern Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, southern Philippines, Indonesia as well as Malaysia are so fond of Arabic that they had transformed their Malay writing into Jawi as stated at T.me/FonJawi/185 and emphasized by Hamdan Abdul Rahman at the back of his book "Jawi Writing and Spelling Guide" published by Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka/Malaysia T.me/FlowerCrosswords/75 👇🏿

The word Jawi was originally the name of the land, namely the Malay World, then became the name of the language, and is now the name of writing. Jawi as the name of the writing arose after the Western orientation introduced Rumi writing. T.me/FlowerCrosswords/73 @ T.me/FonJawi/589
Jawi writing has undergone several changes in terms of its spelling system, mostly pioneered by writers and publishers, among them Za'ba who formulated a spelling system that can be said to be neat and comprehensive.

Dear Malay-speaking Friends, Pleased to luanch Contest 08/2020
————— Type Malay & Win Twin Flowers & Software —————
Ya. Watch T.me/FonJawi/590 & type. Alternatively, step-by-step,
1. Capture the image of the Malay Text with Windows Snapping Tool then convert it to text with the help of T.me/FonJawi/335, and fix the spelling errors.
2. Convert Jawi text to Rumi with the help of T.me/FonJawi/529 .
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The winner is the first to Telegram me the Jawi & Rumi Texts.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/693
Happy Watching, Typing & Converting with Flowers.

Pleased to announce that the winner of this Contest is a clerk from Malaysia - Johor > T.me/FonJawi/591
Congratulations with Flowers T.me/FonJawi/595

Pleased to introduce the following two (2) bots to translate any text from one language to another:
1. Self-explanatory @KamusAlFaedahBot for Engish, Arabic @ Malay.
2. T.me/SaitamaRobot as elaborated below:
To translate to English, just copy @ paste there preceded by /tr en,
To translate into Malay, just copy @ paste there preceded by /tr ms,
To translate into Arabic, just copy @ paste there preceded by /tr ar.
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af, am, ar, az, be, bg, bn, bs, ca, ceb, co, cs, cy, da, de, el, en, eo, es, et, eu, fa, fi, fr, fy, ga, gd, gl, gu, ha, haw, hi, hmn, hr, ht, hu, hy, id, ig, is, it, iw, ja, jw, ka, kk, km, kn, ko, ku, ky, la, lb, lo, lt, lv, mg, mi, mk, ml, mn, mr, ms, mt, my, ne, nl, no, ny, pa, pl, ps, pt, ro, ru, sd, si, sk, sl, sm, sn, so, sq, sr, st, su, sv, sw, ta, te, tg, th, tl, tr, uk, ur, uz, vi, xh, yi, yo, zh, zh_CN, zh_TW, zu
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Happy Testing with Flowers T.me/PandaiJawi/54

Contest 05/10/2020
Hi Dear Friends,
Translate the following into Malay & Win Twin Flowers & Software.
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Similar to this Smart Wheel, why not make 18-petal wheel for Arabic Malay (Jawi) in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Brunei or Pegon/Gundul in Indonesia T.me/FlowerCrosswords/92 by removing dots from letters and replacing marks with one, two and three dots, below @ above? More details inside files linked to T.me/FonJawi/332
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The winner is the first to send me his/her translation.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/PandaiJawi/64
All the Best for All with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/4

Hi Dear Friends, Just Sharing a cute Image-to-Text converter.
■ Crop any image with any text and convert it to text...
● An easy way for teachers to produce teaching materials/training quizzes /assignments and so on.
● Easy & fast way just by using a mobile phone.
● If you are in a meeting, seminar, or workshop... just snap the picture and convert it to text > T.me/FonJawi/335

Happy Exploring with Flowers

Hi Dear Friends, Pleased to launch contest 08.12.2020
Translate this file into Malay (Indonesian) @ Win Flowers & Fonts
Useful Tools: T.me/FonJawi/195 @ T.me/FonJawi/529
The winner is the first to send me his/her translation.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/633
Happy Contesting @ All the Best for All with Flowers

Hi Dear Friends @ Happy New Year,
—————— Pleased to launch contest 03.01.2021 ——————
Translate T.me/PandaiJawi/93 into English @ Win (3) Twin Flowers
Useful Tools: Translate.google.com @ T.me/SaitamaRobot
The winner is the first to send me his/her translation.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/693
Happy Contesting @ All the Best for All with Flowers

Hi Dear Friends = Assalamualaikum waRahmatullah waBarakaatuh
Pleased to launch contest Feb 2021= Rejab 1442H T.me/FonJawi/496
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Join 3 links & Win Twin Flowers & Software T.me/FonJawi/332
That's right: Join & post the following paragraphs successively at:

1. T.me/perkasatulisanjawi , starting wth the following line:
Looking for Jawi Fonts? = Cari Fon Jawi?

2. T.me/Pegon_nusantara , starting wth the following line:
Looking for Arabic Pegon Fonts ? = Cari Fon Arab Pegon?

3. T.me/Arabgundul , starting wth the following line:
Looking for Arabic Gundul Fonts ? = Cari Fon Arab Gundul ?
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And ending All your posts with the following two (2) lines:
Why not try QB T.me/FonJawi/332 ? = Kenapa tak mencoba QB ?
All the Best for All with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/40
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Winner is the first to join the 3 links & post the paragraphs there.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/693
Happy Joining & Posting with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/51

Welcome Ramadhan, O Month of the Glorious Quran
O Allah! The All-Merciful! Always Have Mercy on us.
2. Pleased to announce that Spoken English translation has been added to this online Glorious Quran > T.me/FlowerCrosswords/65
Looking forward to adding more Spoken languages.
Happy Fasting @ Breakfasting to All Friends

Dear Friends, Happy Fasting @ Breakfasting for All,

Referring to Polyglotasianmedicine.com/blog/malay-jawi-rumi-converter, the front page strikingly says:
The modern Malay language has been written in two scripts: Jawi, based on Arabic letters and Rumi, based on Roman letters. From the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries, Jawi was the dominant script in the region but Rumi overtook Jawi in popularity and official usage in the twentieth century... T.me/FlowerCrosswords/59

Do you agree with Rumi overtaking Jawi in popularity?! Which one of the two scripts is easier-on-the-eye @ smoother-on-the-hand?
Adding tails to disconnected Rumi letters to make it cursive T.me/FlowerCrosswords/58 ? Or changing tails of Jawi letters without changing heads T.me/FlowerCrosswords/57 ?!

2. Moreover, Goodmami.org/rumi-jawi-web/details.html adds:
Jawi is an Arabic script, but it uses characters not present in the Arabic language, so it is important to choose a font containing glyphs for these characters. This site uses Google's Noto Naskh Arabic font as it contains these glyphs and is a neutral typeface without many embellishments.

Say : That's not 100% true! When it comes to Jawi, the position of the character "Hamzah" counts T.me/FonJawi/148 . Elaborating: Hamzah goes up to 3/4 if followed by waw, ya or Noon. Examples :
Ascending: نا۶يق ، Sea: لا۶وت ، Leaves: دا۶ون ، Audit: ا۶وديت
Water: ا۶ير ، Reading: باجا۶ن ، Wealth: ککايا۶ن
So, in place of Noto Naskh Arabic font, I do recommend using this font T.me/FonJawi/8 . Or editing the database T.me/FonJawi/442 replacing the 3/4 Hamzah with the above-said character "۶" .

Looking forward to changing the font or editing the database.

3. In the light of these topics, any comment or feedback is welcome.
A. Typedrawers.com/discussion/834/Turkish-cannot-go-back-to-Arabic-script
B. Typedrawers.com/discussion/3247/Typedesign-and-Indonesia
C. Typedrawers.com/discussion/3660/Latin-without-cross-sign-and-Arabic-without-dots
D. Typedrawers.com/discussion/3089/arabic-design-contest
E. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4169/Adobe-arabic-the-missing-3-4-hamzah-the-under-dotted-kaf-for-jawi-pegon
F. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4193/Opentype-font-variations-for-spaces
G. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4286/is-there-math-in-typography-and-or-flowers
H. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4353/fontlab-arabic-kerning
I. Typography.guru/forums/topic/138089-best-computer-programs-for-typesetting/
J. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4447/font-pairing-across-writing-systems
H. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4479/problem-with-arabic-ligatures-in-ms-word-2019
K. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4489/optical-kerning-technique-for-complex-arabic-urdu-fonts-using-external-tool
L. Typedrawers.com/discussion/4566/arabic-and-latin-typefaces
M. https://typedrawers.com/discussion/4709/digital-khatt-and-visual-metafont

All the Best for All with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/49

Hi Dear Friends, Pleased to launch contest 07.07.2021
Translate this Malay poem into English @ Win Twin Flowers
T.me/PandaiJawi/124 @ T.me/FlowerCrosswords/51
The winner is the first to send me his/her translation.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/693
Happy Contesting @ All the Best for All with Flowers

Hi Friends, Pleased to launch contest Zulhijjah ‍1442H = August 2021
Spot four (4) differences in this pdf & Win Twin Fonts & Twin Flowers
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Welcome Festive (Eid) of Haji مرحبًأ عيد الحجاج المبارك
Welcome Festive (Eid) of Sacrifice مرحبًأ عيد قربان المبارك
Beautiful Sky because of the clouds سماء جميلة ببرکة الغيوم
Beautiful Sea because of the blueness بحر جميل ببرکة الزرقة
Blessed Eid Fitri because of forgiveness عيد الفطر مبارك ببرکة الرحمة
Blessed Eid Haji @ sacrifice عيد حج وقربان مبارك
Blessed Eid Haji For All عيد الأضحى مبارك للجميع
Sincerity from the bottom of heart إخلاص من أعماق القلب
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The winner is the first to send me the four (4) differences.
His/Her name will be published here and at T.me/FonJawi/302
Happy Contesting & Blessed Fetive Eid of Sacrifice
All the Best for All with Flowers T.me/FlowerCrosswords/69

The four differences are:
1. "LA = Lam @ Alif" in the left column has an addition at the beginning of "Alif" not seen in the right column.
2.. The letterform of "K" in the left column has an addition at its beginning not seen in the right column.
3. Letterforms in the left column are shorter than the letterforms in the right column.
4. The font used in the left column is wm_Naskh Mostafa while the font used in the right column is wm_Naskh Aziz.

Well done & Congratulations Cᴀᴍᴇʟɪᴀ Iɴsʏɪʀᴀʜ @Nasyiamelia

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Ya. Strikingly, Malaysia is a multi-ethnic, multicultural @ multilingual society. Therefore, every race in Malaysia has different @ unique culture, heritage, cuisine, wedding ceremony and many more!!
Why don't take this opportunity to test yourself @ have fun too!!
Thanks a lot @Mia_Lexus @ All the Best T.me/FlowerCrosswords/49