Re: Arabic spelling

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:10:20 +0100 (BST), Andrew Dunbar
<hippietrail@...> wrote:
[...]

> and would also like to read about how calligraphers decide where to put
> them. I'd bet there are fairly specific rules and that it's not
> completely willy-nilly.

It seems that learning to write Arabic (especially in its different
styles) would be loosely akin to learning classical violin.
Btw, are Urdu newspapers still printed as images of handwritten sheets?

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