Apple Macintosh Arabic Language Kit - Manual (Page 22)

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The Arabic Setting control panel
This control panel lets you select the Roman font you want to
associate with Arabic fonts. It also allows you to select your
preferred Kashida behavior, to enable or disable Arabic ligatures,
and to choose Arabic or European numerals.
Double-click the Arabic Setting control panel. The following
window appears:
m Font This pop-up menu allows you to choose the default
Roman font whenever you type Roman characters in
an Arabic context. This is especially useful if you are
using an application that allows only one text font
per section.
m Kashida Use this pop-up menu to select your preferred
Kashida behavior when you want to justify text.
Specific features for right-to-left scripts
If your system has a right-to-left script installed, such as Arabic or
Persian, your Text control panel has some additional features (as
shown below). The Text control panel determines the direction
(left to right or right to left) in which the system presents text and
other on-screen elements such as buttons and menus.
The Text control panel also allows you to choose “split caret”
insertion, so you can see insertion points at each of two possible
locations when you are typing at a boundary between left-to-right
and right-to-left text.
Chapter 4: Working in Multiple Languages
Persian rules selected.
This box illustrates the
effects of the insertion point
options chosen below.
Choose the
cursor’s
blinking speed.
Choose if you
want a split
insertion
point. (The
upper half of
the Insertion
Point shows
where the next
character of
the current
script will
appear.)
Choose the writing
direction (for dialog
boxes, System
messages, and so
forth).