TechGizmodoabout 2 hours ago
Arabic Justification Remains a Typography Challenge
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A support ticket about ragged Arabic text reveals a thousand-year typography problem. Latin text justifies by spacing words, but Arabic uses kashida, reshaping letters instead. This technique, pioneered by 10th-century scribe Ibn Muqla, creates elegant calligraphy but has proven difficult for typesetters since Gutenberg.
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