From: Werner LEMBERG (wl@gnu.org)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 00:18:48 CDT
> > Sounds a bit like Arabic...
>
> Not really, because the actual rendering is bidimensionnal, not
> linear. It's difficult to predict the line height, as the baseline
> changes according to the context of previous characters in the word,
> and its writing direction (forward or backward).
Then it sounds a bit like the Nastaleeq style of Arabic, mandatory for
Urdu.
Werner
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