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GLAL: An OpenGL Arabization Library
Author(s) -
AlSalman AbdulMalik S.,
AlQahtani Fahad
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.675
Subject(s) - opengl , computer science , computer graphics (images) , rendering (computer graphics) , graphics , programming language , arabic , interface (matter) , visualization , artificial intelligence , operating system , linguistics , philosophy , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
OpenGL is an industry standard for rendering computer graphics. This paper brings Arabic language support to OpenGL in the form of a library, named GLAL. The library can be used easily and efficiently by programmers to render Arabic script in their OpenGL applications. GLAL uses a widely available application programming interface, Uniscribe API, to contextually analyze the text. Then it builds OpenGL display lists that render the text right to left. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.