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                      1. extremely relevant to my @ShuttleworthFdn research youtube.com/watch?v=DhdsMM0R4XI via @mstfacmly
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                      moveable type could not compete with an almost thousand year old calligraphic tradition. is it just me or does it look like tahoma?
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                    *cracks knuckles* all right lets show them how its done 🇱🇧
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                  beirut is very central to this story ❤️🇱🇧
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                whoa proposed "new alphabet" in the 40s...
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              oof the advent of keyboards was an inflection point. having 500+ forms is a hassle for movable type, but a 500+ key keyboard is impossible.
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            these clumsly typewriter forms are what end up getting used on computers
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          i hadnt pegged keybaords as having such an effect on the language
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        calligraphic differentiation aids in legibility. compare sakkal's correct naskh style to tahoma, times, and arial unicode.
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      god i love this language so much
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    such a great talk. following it with youtube.com/watch?v=KQMQHZgamAs
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      sakkal had no interest in calligraphy early on, trained as an architect, designed a building entirely out of letters, this is amazing
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        i know sakkal from his work on square kufic. i depended on his phd work for my own قلب piece.
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          so so good
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            aaahhh
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              ligature *phrases*. these traditional phrases collapse into single ligatures in linotype.com/6719/shilia.html
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                so inspiring! here's a rerender of something i've been working on: جن (jn) the name of a future programming language, probably
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                  1. sakkal got me thinking about 3d square kufic years ago ❤️ 2. @ephtracy's magica voxel is amazing 👾
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                    قلب ❤️
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                      last one: لبنان 🇱🇧
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