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How do I use this Farsi keyboard?
Type on your normal keyboard and each key types the Farsi letter shown for it on screen: for example, sghl gives سلام. The text is written from right to left. You can also click or tap the keys on the on-screen keyboard.
Which layout does it use?
The standard Persian layout used in Windows. The number keys type Persian digits (۱۲۳), and these letters are on their own keys:
- M = پ
- ] = چ
- [ = ج
- ' = گ
- ; = ک
- D = ی
How do I type ژ and the half-space?
- Shift+C = ژ
- Shift+B = half-space (نیمفاصله), the zero-width non-joiner used in words like میخواهم
How do I type harakat and punctuation?
Hold Shift:
- Shift+A = zebar بَ
- Shift+S = pish بُ
- Shift+D = zir بِ
- Shift+F = tashdid بّ
- Shift+T = comma ،
- Shift+Y = semicolon ؛
- Shift+/ = question mark ؟
- Shift+K = «
- Shift+L = »
How do I mix Farsi and English?
Each line runs in the direction of its first letter, so a line that starts with an English word runs left to right. Press RLM at the start of a line to make it run right to left, or LRM to make it run left to right. When a sentence ends with an English word, press LRM after its full stop to keep the full stop beside the word. RLM and LRM are invisible characters, and they are copied with your text.