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