A fascinating discussion of the challenges in rendering Arabic text on the Internet: https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/

#fonts #arabic

An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt | La Vita Nouva

An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt | La Vita Nouva
https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/

#Arabic #Linux

An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt | La Vita Nouva

@halla

I find this weirdly satisfying, and am astonished that I can follow it at all, & yet it seems very clear. (For deeply arcane values of "clear".)

(wtf, did the author somehow customize the •scrollbar•??)

This also seems like the sort of thing @adapalmer would enjoy, if she hasn't already seen it.

#Arabic #Typography #Krita #CustomerSupport #UserSupport #Fonts #Language #Design #Calligraphy

RE: https://fedi.lawngno.me/@a/116733079191492730

A beautiful blog post about language, history, and technology.

“Everything in this story that actually works was paid for by almost nobody…. The whole stack stands on a small number of people who decided, against the grain of every incentive their professional environment offered them, that the script a few hundred million people read deserved infrastructure, and then sat down and built it for free.”

#Arabic

ESET Uncovers Asin Android Spyware In Arab Regions

Researchers from the Slovak company ESET have documented a new family of Android spyware codenamed Asin, targeting Arabic-speaking users. The malware is

CyberSecureFox

Via Metafilter. This stuff is fascinating.
https://lr0.org/blog/p/arabic/

#typography #arabic

An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt | La Vita Nouva

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