Wow. It seems not a very new idea. Similar idea have been used in Chinese 40 years ago and create the differences between Simplifed Chinese And Traditional Chinese.
Michael Everson wrote on 3/15/2004, 12:40 PM: > In the NEW YORK TIMES today > comes a report of a USA patent for a new version of written Arabic > letters, designed to make them easier to read/write/typeset without > making them too different from traditional Arabic script: > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/15/technology/15patent.html -
