Feature: How Did Print Technologies Change the Way the Arabic Script Looks?

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Presenter: Nour Chamoun

Delivered: NYC on March 27, 2016

This afikra feature is an exploration of how the Arabic script posed as a technological challenge for mass production via print technologies like the printing press, typewriter, and the computer, developed primarily for the Latin script. This feature highlights some of the proposals brought forth that simplify the Arabic script to cater to the different technologies.

Sources & Future References

• History of Arabic Type Evolution from the 1930′s till present l 29LT BLOG | Pascal Zoghbi

• Fighting Illiteracy With Typography by Yara Khoury Nammour l Works That Work Magazine

• What did OpenType Open for Arabic Typography? - YouTube

• The History of Letterpress Printing — Elation Press

• DecoType, ACE and Tasmeem: Font technology, Layout-engine and Showcase - YouTube

• Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols

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