Re: font used in text-intro-06-t

Hi Glenn.

Glenn Adams:
> If you haven't already had this answered, yes it is correct that "the
> final form lam-alef ligature is allowed to look like its isolated
> cousin, just with the horizontal connecting bar to the right". This is
> a matter of font style and glyph design. Different font designers use
> different strategies in this regard.

OK.

> The Andalus font is an instance of the Koufi (or Kufic) style, while Dinwani
> Letter is an instance of the Diwani style. Both of these styles are used in
> current print, but typically serve for special purposes. That is, they are
> not typically used to write text for reading, but rather signs or ad copy.

Yeah, I had guessed that they were more stylised for the kinds of
reasons you mention, but I didn’t know they were particular named
styles.

> I would suggest using Simplified Arabic (MSFT) or perhaps Lateef or
> Scheherazade (SIL) for examples, which are all simplified forms of the
> popular Naskh style often used in Arabic copy.

Chris made a WOFF of Scheherezade for text-intro-06-t, and it does look
more “normal” now.  (And thanks for pointing the name “Naskh”.)

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Received on Thursday, 20 January 2011 20:15:32 UTC