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Arabic typography is thetypography ofletters,graphemes,characters or text inArabic script, for example for writingArabic,Persian, orUrdu. 16th century Arabic typography was a by-product of Latin typography with Syriac and Latin proportions and aesthetics. It lacked expertise in the three core aspects ofArabic writing: calligraphy, style and system. Calligraphy requires aesthetically skilled writing in a chosen canonical style such asnaskh,nastaʿlīq orruqʿah. System denotes the script grammar covering such rules as horizontality and stretching.^[1]

Some characteristics used in Latin scripts, likebold, letter spacing^{[dubious –discuss]} oritalic, are not usually used in Arabic typography.

Some Arabiccomputer fonts are calligraphic, for exampleArial, Courier New, and Times New Roman. They look as if they were written with a brush or oblong pen, akin to howserifs originated in stone inscriptionals. Other fonts, like Tahoma and Noto Sans Arabic, use a mono-linear style more akin tosans-serif Latin scripts. Monolinear means that the lines have the same width throughout the letter.

Text example	Calligraphic (Arial)	Monolinear (Tahoma)
Eastern Arabic numerals
Abjad Hawz (ابجد هوز [arz]), an Arabicalphabet song

Historically, Arabic text usedoverlines to indicate emphasis.^[2]

Some Arabic styles such asDiwani use a right-to-left downward-sloping slant.^[3]

Some typefaces use moreright angles, for exampleNoto Kufi Arabic. Others, likeTahoma andArial, have a more rounded style (see graph below). A font with tendency towards right angles is also called 'angled',^[4] and rounded fonts are also called 'cursive'.^[5]

• Arabic calligraphy
• Naskh (script)
• Typeface anatomy
• Digital Arabic typography [ar] (on ar.wikipedia)

• Category:Iranian typographers and type designers
• Category:Arabic typefaces

• "Text Layout Requirements for the Arabic Script".w3c.github.io.

• Typography
• Arabic typefaces

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