TY  - BOOK
AU  - Osborn,J.R.
TI  - Letters of Light: Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design 
SN  - 9780674971127
AV  - PJ6123 .O83 2017
U1  - 492.7/1109 
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Arabic language
KW  - Writing
KW  - History
KW  - Written Arabic
KW  - Communication and technology
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978577
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674978577
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674978577/original
ER  -