Did Jawi (Arabic Malay Fonts) available in Windows?

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Did Jawi (Arabic Malay Fonts) available in Windows?

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Hi Microsoft Community, I have a problem regarding the alphabet selection in writing my language. I am a Malay speaker, as is commonly known, the Malay language has two types of alphabets. The first is the Latin alphabet and the second is the Arabic alphabet which has been modified for Malay writing which is called the Jawi alphabet. I have a problem in using the Jawi alphabet. I found that Windows does not include the Jawi alphabet since Windows 7. I hope that the latest Windows such as Windows 10/11 includes the Jawi alphabet but there is still no Jawi alphabet in Windows 11. Even Android now support Jawi Alphabet since Android 6 Marshmallow. I hope that the Microsoft Community can solve this problem to make it easier for us Malay speakers who use the Jawi Alphabet to use Microsoft products in the future. Thank you.

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Hello, I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

There is an edited font file for adding the Jawi alphabet at the respected programmer site here, which has a lengthy explanationa and contact link for the author: https://github.com/jawi-mnh48/jawifont

More on how to add Arabic to keyboard here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2x7GO9nxLQ

If you want to express your opinion on this you may be able to help Microsoft improve this product/feature by using the Feedback Hub in Start Menu. While they will not see it here, Microsoft developers DO read feedback from customers that comes in via the Feedback Hub, so that is a great way to share your thoughts on how to better serve you as a customer.

I hope it helps.

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