Re: Bad "typography", very difficult to correct; making a qalam (il

Nicholas Bodley wrote:

> I used Google images recently to see what a qalam looks like. It seems to
> be made from a hollow (plant) reed.
> <http://calligraphiepersane.free.fr/textes/pers-mate-01-calame.htm>
> The page is in French. Lycos/Systran says "roseau" is a reed.

A qalam _is_ a reed. = Latin/English calamus.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...