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Old 01-15-2022, 10:20 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Moonbase59 View Post
If you really have to use letter-spacing (I know some old German texts that would require it)
You only need to use this property if you want to faithfully reproduce the look of old German blackletter books.

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And of course never use it on scripts like Arabic, where some letters must stay connected.
Actually, only six of the 28 letters don't have a distinct medial form. Besides, Arabs wouldn't use letter spacing for emphasis, because they have a special letter for lengthening words (tatweel), which looks like a hyphen.

Without tatweel: تطويل
With tatweel: تـطـويـل
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