Typographers Have Spent a Thousand Years Trying—and Failing—to Render Arabic Properly

How do you justify Arabic text? It’s a simple question, but—as cataloged in a lengthy interactive post on the blog La Vita ...
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A journey through 28 letters: Riyadh exhibition traces story of Arabic from ancient inscriptions to modern technology

Omar Badawi A historical and intellectual journey awaits visitors to “Arabic Language: Twenty-Eight Letters of Light,” an exhibition in Riyadh that tells the story of one of humanity’s oldest ...