Re: in the NEW YORK TIMES today, report of a USA patent for a met hod to make the Arabic language easier to read/write/typeset

From: Mark E. Shoulson (mark@kli.org)
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 19:54:47 EST

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    And see http://www.arabetics.com/ for the official site. (Me, I think
    it's a cool idea, but I'm notorious for being fascinated by shiny new
    things.)

    ~mark

    Mike Ayers wrote:

    >
    > > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]On
    > > Behalf Of Michael Everson
    > > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:40 AM
    >
    > > In the NEW YORK TIMES today
    > > comes a report of a USA patent for a new version of written Arabic
    > > letters, designed to make them easier to read/write/typeset without
    > > making them too different from traditional Arabic script:
    >
    > And this comes hot on the heels of the ITA discussion. Yes,
    > folks, now aspiring learners can have their budding literacy stunted
    > in not just one, but two of the world's major languages! <sniff>
    > Aaaaah, progress.
    >
    >
    > /|/|ike
    >



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