Letters of Light : : Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design / / J. R. Osborn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017
• VerfasserIn: Osborn, J. R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.) :; 2 halftones, 24 line illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION --; Introduction --; 1. The Layers of Proportional Naskh --; 2. Ottoman Script Design --; 3. European Printing and Arabic --; 4. Print in Ottoman Lands --; 5. Questions of Script Reform --; 6. Arabic Script on Computers --; Coda --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674978577; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547887; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674978577
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. R. Osborn.

Arabic script is one of the world's most widely used writing systems, for Arabic and non-Arabic languages alike. J. R. Osborn traces its evolution from the earliest inscriptions to digital fonts, from calligraphy to print and beyond. Students of communication, contemporary practitioners, and historians will find this narrative enlightening.