Arabic Text and Fonts sucks on 10.3

Hello Everyone;
I'm not sure if someone can assit us with this, but Arabic fonts on 10.3 are so bad. It used to be perfect with the old version 10.2 and 10.2.1. The text fronts looks like the old Android fronts. Is there a way to change it on 10.3 to look and feel like the old 10.2?
If you would like to see how they look like please check the attached link:
http://www.adslgate.com/dsl/showpost.php?p=1074528275&postcount=92
Thank you;
Adam
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Hi Auday,
Thank you for your feedback.
I have taken these concerns to our development team and hope that there will be a change to the Arabic text in future versions of our software. I do not speak or write in Arabic, but can appreciate your concerns.
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