Saudi-Arabian Copyright sign

From: Jörg Knappen (knappen@uni-mainz.de)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 09:10:41 CDT

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    Scanning thru some arabian books the following sign attracted my
    attention:

    It looks like ARABIC LETTER HAH (isolated form) in a circle. It
    obviously denotes >>copyright<<. It is used consistently in books
    printed in Saudi-Arabia, but I have never seen it in a book from any other
    country (including Yemen, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordania, Egypt, Libya
    and Morrocco).

    Therefore I suggest the name SAUDI-ARABIAN COPYRIGHT SIGN for this one.
    Since the block for letterlike symbols is already almost full, but there
    are gaps in the primary arabic block (U+0600-FF), it is IMO well placed
    there.

    For a sample, see http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/saudi.gif

    --J"org Knappen

    P.S. Other interesting symbols on my home page:

    WARENZEICHEN (encircled Wz) http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/fremd_p7.jpg
                 und http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/frem_p17.jpg
    GESCHUETZTE SORTE (encircled S, like REGISTERED)
                  http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/gp_p159.jpg
                  http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/gp_p159a.jpg
                  http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/asi_p58.jpg
    Some phonetic symbols with strikethrough:
                  http://www.uni-mainz.de/~knappen/fremd_p8.jpg

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