Chookij> Would you give me information about ZWJ and ZWNJ ? I don't know
Chookij> about it at all.
ZWNJ (U+200C) is Zero Width Non-Joiner. To use Hebrew as an example, this is
like an invisible character that is not Hebrew. This can be used to force a
final form to appear in the middle of a word. It is necessary for correct
display of Persian compound words.
ZWJ (U+200D) is Zero Width Joiner. To use Hebrew as an example, this is like
an invisible Hebrew letter. This can be used to force a nominal form on the
end of a word.
The combination of these two can be used to generate any of the contextual
shapes from the nominal shapes for scripts like Arabic and Hebrew, assuming
your font(s) have all the necessary glyphs.
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