Letters of Light : : Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design / / 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 hi...
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Osborn, J. R., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Letters of Light : Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design / J. R. Osborn. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (280 p.) : 2 halftones, 24 line illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2020) Arabic language Writing History. Arabic language Written Arabic History. Communication and technology Arab countries. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 9783110540550 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017 9783110625264 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2017 9783110547887 ZDB-23-DSP Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Pilot Project 2017 9783110543315 print 9780674971127 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978577 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674978577 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674978577.jpg |
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