Thanks a lot Hooman for clarification. Also about the attachment we saw, note that Naskh, Nasta'liq, Koofi, etc are all different calligraphic styles of the same Arabic script. So even the attachment saying "khatt-e naskh ... khatt-e faarsi naam gerefti" is completely non-sense here.
There are much more important things that define the script, not the number of letter, calligraphic styles, pronounciations, etc. The fact that you can read what's written in those 20 countries without any training, and that there exist situations that you simply can't tell between them, is what matters IMO. And note that it's quite natural that most of us have not ever heard such a grouping before, but all linguists will tell you this is the Arabic (or Perso-Arabic) script. behdad --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ PersianComputing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
