On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 12:23:28 -0500, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@...> wrote:

> It's not too complicated. At the time in question, the letter MEM was
> drawn in two strokes: first a stroke kind of like a digit 7, then a

[...]

> if it's word-final it will just be drawn straight down... just in
> position to hit the bent bottom of the first stroke.

While casually becoming acquainted with Arabic, I have wondered whether
such influences have affected the forms of its letters in a significant
number of cases.

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