diff --git a/examples/arabic.py b/examples/arabic.py index 5b24e041a..d0daaa81e 100644 --- a/examples/arabic.py +++ b/examples/arabic.py @@ -4,29 +4,19 @@ =============== Generating a wordcloud from Arabic text -Dependencies: -- bidi.algorithm -- arabic_reshaper - -Dependencies installation: -pip install python-bidi arabic_reshape +Proper font is needed otherwise text might not be displayed probably """ import os import codecs from wordcloud import WordCloud -import arabic_reshaper -from bidi.algorithm import get_display # get data directory (using getcwd() is needed to support running example in generated IPython notebook) d = os.path.dirname(__file__) if "__file__" in locals() else os.getcwd() # Read the whole text. f = codecs.open(os.path.join(d, 'arabicwords.txt'), 'r', 'utf-8') - -# Make text readable for a non-Arabic library like wordcloud -text = arabic_reshaper.reshape(f.read()) -text = get_display(text) +text = f.read() # Generate a word cloud image wordcloud = WordCloud(font_path='fonts/NotoNaskhArabic/NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf').generate(text)