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New blog post, in which I geek out over Urdu digits, Unicode, and CSS counter styles: https://t.co/wss0zUI3Fc

#urdu #unicode #css

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Interestingly, both Urdu Typesetting and Iran Nastaliq _always_ activate the supine rē in an isolated-dāl + rē combination. My preference would’ve been to include it in a stylistic set.

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Urdu Typesetting, the nastaliq font that comes with Windows, has an interesting detail: a variant of the letter ر (rē) called the پڑی/لیٹی/خوابیدہ ر (supine/lying down/sleeping rē). (Iran Nastaliq supports this variant, too.)

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This variant is mostly (only?) used when the rē follows an isolated د (dāl), and the two of them form a cozy “ligature” together.

Here it is from ‘مرقّعِ زرّیں’ (Muraqqāʻ-e-Zarrīñ): solid arrow → supine rē; dashed arrow → straight rē

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“It’s the big cats that need saving, not us.”

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If you're an expert in South Asian Islamic manuscripts, specifically in Urdu and Persian (and Punjabi?) HMML is hiring!

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@zeerakahmed @matnsaz Aha! Would love to try it.

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The background is Moroccan Flower Pattern by Tomislava Babić. (https://t.co/K4chDomXlf)

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#Eid mubarak, everyone! 🌙

(Credits in next posts…)

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English text is set in EB Garamond, by Georg Duffner and Octavio Pardo; its swash capitals are lovely. (https://t.co/nwk7PrP3Qo)

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@zeerakahmed Thanks for catching that. 🙏🏽 Fixed.

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New blog post, in which I geek out over Urdu digits, Unicode, and CSS counter styles: https://t.co/wss0zUI3Fc

#urdu #unicode #css

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@zeerakahmed Thank you, Zeerak!

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(But… that transliteration is hilariously bad. I mean, sure, any Urdu transliteration of “jalapeno” will be comical, but the rest could have been actual Urdu, no? (e.g. “کَٹی ہوئی ہیلاپِنیو مِرچ”))

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This is probably the first time I’ve seen Noto Nastaliq Urdu being used for packaging.

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@Xill_e_Ilahi آداب عرض!

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کچھ عرصے سے بلاگنگ بحال کرنے کی کوشش کر رہا ہوں… دھکا سٹارٹ کے طور پر ایک پرانی ٹوئٹر لڑی کو بلاگ پر شائع کیا ہے:

سلائی مشین کا پرانا کِتابچہ — https://t.co/B77usvB921

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Been trying for a while to get back to blogging, so in order to warm up, here’s an old Twitter thread as a blog post:

The nostalgic sewing machine manual — https://t.co/90ZyocEPlO