different fonts for arabtex package

Question

I would like to change the font which is used in arabtex package

 \documentclass[30pt,oneside,a4paper,extrafontsizes]{memoir}       
 \usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
 \usepackage[LAE,T1]{fontenc}  %%LAE to avoid el5at el 3arabi el morakab
 \usepackage{arabtex} 
 \usepackage{cp1256,utf8}
  \setcode{utf8}

 \begin{document}

\<مخ يمين>
\end{document}

The output of this font is not easy for kids to read, as the letters are written so integrated with eachother

i would like to switch to a more simplified font like

مـخ يـمـيـن

is there any tipp

thanks

Answer 1

Quoting from the arabtex manual, section 3.3 Font selection:

For producing the extended Arabic script ArabTeX uses a special strategy to build up character shapes from a collection of fragments, which normally do not correspond to individual character glyphs. Therefore none of the available free or commercial Arabic fonts can be used; we provide our own pseudo-fonts.

Is it an option to switch to the polyglossia package and xelatex as the compiler?

\documentclass[30pt,oneside,a4paper,extrafontsizes]{memoir}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{arabic}
\newfontfamily\arabicfont
  [Script=Arabic,Mapping=arabicdigits,Ligatures=TeX]{Simplified Arabic.ttf}
\begin{document}
مخ يمين
\end{document}

Compile with xelatex. I think I downloaded the font from https://fontzone.net/font-details/simplified-arabic . Under Windows, it may be necessary to remove the extension, i.e., try \newfontfamily\arabicfont[...]{Simplified Arabic} (without ttf).