> [Original Message] > From: Ernest Cline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > [Original Message] > > From: Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 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 - > > > > The piece includes a photo of the new style. > > For those who are interested, a text-only version of the patents > are available at the US Patent Office website [1]. The relevant > patent numbers are 6,701,446 and D435,584. Sorry that's 6,704,446 not 6.701,446. Also, if you download a special multipage TIFF viewer you can view images of the pages at 300 dpi resolution.
