Re: The New Alef
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 20:29 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > > It's used on car plates, but the exact usage is disputed among a few > > friends of mine. > > What do you mean exactly? That what kind of car plates used the Alef. The car plates which use it are red usually, but appear without the marks that usually appeared on cars with older red plates, which were governmental or public service or something. They appear on cars which look like other cars in every way. roozbeh ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
Quoting Behdad Esfahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://bamdad.org/~roozbeh/alef.jpg > > Smart! That can be useful in hex numbers written in Arabic > script too. Indeed they want it to look like one letter, and > don't want the Alef to be read as "1". > Smart indeed! Put this on the list of desired characters for fonts. Suddenly I'm realizing how ugly my multiple choice tests are looking with the Alef spelled out letter-by-letter when it could be this attractive, compact design as one glyph, perhaps no larger than Beh, Jim, etc. -Connie ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Roozbeh Pournader wrote: > There has been a new Alef around for quite a while. For those who don't > live in Iran or haven't seen it yet for any reasons, a photo is > available at: > > http://bamdad.org/~roozbeh/alef.jpg Smart! That can be useful in hex numbers written in Arabic script too. Indeed they want it to look like one letter, and don't want the Alef to be read as "1". > It's used on car plates, but the exact usage is disputed among a few > friends of mine. What do you mean exactly? > roozbeh --behdad http://behdad.org/ ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
Quoting Roozbeh Pournader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Umm..., because they connect the Alef to the Lam at the top and cut the > Feh short? I have never seen it like that in a numbered list. To save time, I just asked Mamoun Sakkal. Here's what he says on the matter: Hi Connie, You are right this type of connection between Alif and Lam is not new. It has been in use for many centuries and happens in calligraphic compositions rather than everyday writing. It happens in many styles but most in Thuluth and Diwani See an example of my work at http://www.sakkal.com/1000_club/ and click on Stage Banner where the same connection is used in the last word of the composition. See sketch 3.6 at http://www.sakkal.com/Graphics/Calligraphy/commissions/saudi/sketch03.html The same type of connection is used in other works such as http://www.sakkal.com/Graphics/logos/multaqa http://www.sakkal.com/Graphics/Calligraphy/commissions/farzat/book_titles.html but here the Alif is modified to connect to the Lam while the Lam remains vertical without bend. Hope this helps. Mamoun ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
Roozbeh Pournader wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 07:57 -0600, Connie Bobroff wrote: Quoting Roozbeh Pournader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: There has been a new Alef around for quite a while. Why do you say "new?" Alef is always written out that way as in "numbered lists," Umm..., because they connect the Alef to the Lam at the top and cut the Feh short? I have never seen it like that in a numbered list. It just makes it more like one character, and it needs less space, especially on the car number plates. Best -khanban- -- || Ali Asghar Khanban || ||Research Associate in Department of Computing ||| Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ, U.K. || Tel: +44 (020) 7594 8241 Fax: +1 (509) 694 0599 ||| [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~khanban ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 07:57 -0600, Connie Bobroff wrote: > Quoting Roozbeh Pournader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > There has been a new Alef around for quite a while. > > Why do you say "new?" Alef is always written out that way as in > "numbered lists," Umm..., because they connect the Alef to the Lam at the top and cut the Feh short? I have never seen it like that in a numbered list. roozbeh ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
Re: The New Alef
Quoting Roozbeh Pournader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There has been a new Alef around for quite a while. Why do you say "new?" Alef is always written out that way as in "numbered lists," 1 2 3 alif b j etc -Connie ___ PersianComputing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharif.edu/mailman/listinfo/persiancomputing
