I see there is lots of knowledge here in this forum. Fantastic, I like that.
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Originally Posted by Doitsu
You only need to use this property if you want to faithfully reproduce the look of old German blackletter books.
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Guess what I’m just playing with… ;-) Fortunately, we nowadays have (OpenType) technology that allows stuff like switching between blackletter and Antiqua views, embedding typesetting rules, and correct searching. (I love Ulrich Zeidler’s LOV fonts, check out
ligafaktur.de.) Another use might be reproducing spaced text written on a typewriter (when we still had manual typewriters) and keeping searchability intact.
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Originally Posted by Doitsu
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 |
A real interesting excursus into Arabic, appreciated!