Thanks for the striking example from the Suhrawardi Mushaf. It is quite clear in that mushaf that the fathatan is definitely not on the trailing alif.
By the way there is a typo in my last email: > > The phenomenon you are referring to - the variance > in > > the absolute positioning of superscript alef - is > not > > a graphemic matter, it is a calligraphic matter. > The > > typeface used in the King Fuad codex prefers to > > position the superscript alef there whereas in > other > > codices the position the superscript alef may be > > slightly different, and in regular everyday Arabic > > text it can be just above the previous character. In the above paragraph instead of "superscript alef" I meant to say "sequential fathatan". This is what happens if you try to write consecutive emails about superscript alef and then sequential fathatan :-) Regards, Mete _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
