<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
commercial	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
SinaSoft	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
,	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
double	O
entendre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Literally	O
,	O
it	O
means	O
"	O
what	O
writes	O
with	O
gold	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
typefaces	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
were	O
Zar	O
and	O
Terafik	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
taken	O
to	O
means	O
"	O
what	O
writes	O
with	O
Zar	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
new	O
fonts	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
every	O
few	O
months	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
most	O
Persian	O
fonts	O
on	O
Windows	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
,	O
several	O
DOS-based	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
,	O
like	O
Safhe-Ara	O
(	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Persian-enabled	O
Personal	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
with	O
specialized	O
support	O
for	O
Persian	O
and	O
Arabic	O
scripts	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
establishing	O
new	O
methods	O
of	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
and	O
handling	O
the	O
alphabet	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
development	O
of	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
happened	O
between	O
1991	O
and	O
1995	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
heaviest	O
work	O
done	O
in	O
1993	O
and	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
was	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
the	O
competitors	O
,	O
possibly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
variety	O
and	O
beauty	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
fonts	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
paying	O
attention	O
to	O
market	O
needs	O
,	O
support	O
and	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
has	O
been	O
a	O
pioneer	O
in	O
Persian	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
with	O
supporting	O
a	O
diverse	O
set	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
some	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
generic	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
has	O
advanced	O
support	O
for	O
Persian	O
and	O
Arabic	O
paragraph	O
justification	O
,	O
supporting	O
the	O
following	O
options	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
has	O
employed	O
two	O
different	O
character	O
sets	O
and	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zarnegar	B-Application
used	O
an	O
Iran	O
System-based	O
character	O
encoding	O
system	O
,	O
named	O
Zarnegar1	O
,	O
with	O
text	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
its	O
early	O
versions	O
,	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
75	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Zarnegar	B-Application
75	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
encoding	O
system	O
was	O
introduced	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
file	O
format	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
a	O
binary	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
