Re: Sci Am Re: scripts page

At 09:11 -0400 2003-09-16, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> > Maybe not in the manuscripts, but on the Mac OS anyway a Kufi font is
> > distributed which has dots.
>
>That's new since I got my WorldScript I.

In OS X it's called "KufiStandardGK". In OS 9 it's called "Kufi" and
was desiogned by Diwan Software Ltd.

>What could it possibly be used for? Something aking to Olde Englishhe?

It's a font style. It can be used for display advertising, headlines,
book titles, and so on. I would not expect it to be used for body
text though.
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