What is Tasmeem?
Tasmeem is an extension for Adobe InDesign CS4 and
CS5. It adds typographic style and richness to the
Arabic text.
What does Tasmeem do?
Tasmeem helps you compose professional Arabic
typography and design page layout for print and web
directly
in your InDesign
Who uses Tasmeem?
• Publishing house
• Graphic Designers
• Educational institutions
What is Tasmeem used for?
Tasmeem helps you make any Arabic layout look more
attractive.
Why will you love Tasmeem?
• Richness of typography
• More freedom and choice to design
• Save time
• Increased precision, speed and ergonomics
• A unified working environment
See
Examples
Discover the powerful
Tasmeem features :
• Word Shaping
Choose from dozens of variant forms for each word.
• Tasmeem Typefaces
Arabic typography as it was meant to be: extreme
typographic richness and full Unicode support.
• Position Tuner
Drag and position with your mouse in normal,
searchable text. It also lets you select and colour
vowels and dots independently.
• Selection Helper
Pinpoint each letter and vowel to facilitate
selecting in nonlinear text.
• Text Shaping
Variation distribution: use an automated preset or
create one yourself.
• Arabic Spacing
Adjust space between words and space between word
segments.
• Special Tasmeem Characters
Insert special characters for modern and classic
Arabic, such as Qur’anic punctuation, tajweed and
cantillation
marks, etc.
• Catchwords
Anticipate automatically on the first phrase of the
next page: a functional ornament.
• Rings
A novel approach to a classic feature of Arabic
text: a user-definable palette of embellishments.
Tasmeem
5 packs:
- Tasmeem
Starter Kit
The Starter Kit is a special bundle to start
advanced Arabic typography.
It includes:
• 1 Tasmeem 5 licence
• 1 Adobe InDesign CS5 ME licence
• 1 Emiri Tasmeem font licence
Dubai Pack
The Dubai Pack is a plug-in of Adobe InDesign which
adds typography tools and richness to your layouts.
It includes:
• 1 Tasmeem 5 licence
• 9 Tasmeem fonts (Nassim, Qarandash, Basim Marah,
Hasan Hiba, Hasan Noor, Arabetics Mehdi, AQuds
regular and bold and Alwadi Grand)
Cairo Pack
The Cairo Pack includes:
• 1 Tasmeem 5 licence
• 7 Tasmeem fonts (Emiri, Nassim regular and bold,
Hasa, Hiba, Arabetics Mehdi, AQuds and Alwadi Grand)
System
requirements:
Windows
• Adobe InDesign CS5, Middle Eastern Version
• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2
(Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista® Home
Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with
Service Pack 1; or Windows 7
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 100MB of available hard-disk space for
installation; additional free space required during
installation (cannot install on removable
flash-based storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with
16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to
export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online
services
Macintosh
• Adobe InDesign CS5, Middle Eastern Version
• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 100MB of available hard-disk space for
installation; additional free space required during
installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a
case-sensitive file system or on removable
flash-based storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with
16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export
SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online
services
The
Cairo Pack and the Dubai Pack are available on
download only.
The Starter kit is available either on download or
as physical box.
