Letters of Light : Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design / J. R. Osborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborn, J. R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Writing--History.

Arabic language.

Arabic language--Written Arabic--History.

Communication and technology--Arab countries.

Communication and technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 2 halftones, 24 line illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-97857-9

OCLC:

984652163