On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Mark Leisher wrote:
> Roozbeh> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Mark Leisher wrote:
> Roozbeh> Yes, but not as obligatory as Unicode says. I've seen fonts that
> Roozbeh> don't do that, and that's not because of the lack of technology
> Roozbeh> or something like that; it's for aesthetics.
>
> Interesting tidbit. Is this seen in particular styles like Naskh or is it an
> aesthetic technique?
It can't be used with all fonts. Some fonts looks really ugly without the
LAM-ALEF ligature. But some others look pretty enough, and it looks modern
to some graphic designers and typographers. I've seen a few books and
articles without the ligature, some posters wi
It's not that common, and many people consider it wrong, I only wanted to
mention that it is being used, and not only in graphic design etc. To me,
that means that LAM-ALEF ligature is not as obligatory as the Unicode
standard tells.
--roozbeh
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