language support in a custom urdu theme

Question

I am planning to start work on an urdu (language in pakistan) website theme. basically, it will be a newspaper themed website. Can anyone tell me how can i add urdu support in my theme. I dont want to change Admin UI language. Just whatever posts/pages I will insert should be in my native language. Any positive ideas will be appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Take a look at the files for the default Urdu theme to see what is necessary.

WP Polyglots has some information too, the most important changes for 3.4 are listed on a dedicated page.

I think the main point are the fonts: Don’t rely on the browsers capability to find the best font file, embed a Urdu font per @font-face{} instead.