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The logo on the right is the arabic letters of the word Algorithmi (al-Khwarizmi) the persian muslim scholar after him algorithms and logarithms were named
by alsadi 8y ago
The logo on the right is the arabic letters of the word Algorithmi (al-Khwarizmi) the persian muslim scholar after him algorithms and logarithms were named
- delinka 8y ago...after whom...
- dotancohen 8y agoAl Gore. Al-Gore-Ithm
- arketyp 8y agoIt reminds me of an ashtray design which is famous in Sweden, by Stig Lindberg: https://balstaauktionshall.nu/images/custom/ProductTemplate/53860.jpg https://balstaauktionshall.nu/images/custom/ProductTemplate/... I remember tracing the lines with my finger as a kid, trying to decipher a hidden logic...
- divs1210 8y agothat is beautiful! thanks for pointing it out! is it readable for people who can read Arabic?
- Link- 8y agoIt still takes a few seconds to identify the word since this is not how Arabic is usually written but yes the word "Al-Khawarizmi" is legible. In fact, the logo contains text both in black and navy blue, the navy blue part is "Al-Khawarizmi" or in Arabic "الخوارزمي". Then the navy blue script is rotated at 90 degrees 3 additional times.
- alsadi 8y agono, it's very readable because it's a well known calligraphy called kufi as others have pointed out.
- theoh 8y agoSee http://www.kufic.info http://www.kufic.info
- divs1210 8y agothank you!
- freecodyx 8y agoYes, it is readable, it's called kuffi,
- dhimes 8y agoLogo on the right of what? All I see is a geometric design in the middle of the cover. It doesn't look Arabic and it seems like it would be very cumbersome for someone to sign as a name.
- thunderbong 8y agoThe lines in blue in the cover image spell out the word
- atombender 8y agoFrom another comment: http://www.kufic.info http://www.kufic.info
- dhimes 8y agoThank you.
- alsadi 8y agoit's a known calligraphy style called kufi, just google it. https://www.google.com/search?q=arabic+calligraphy+kufi&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHr_j9q8_fAhWBGewKHXa8BTcQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=667 https://www.google.com/search?q=arabic+calligraphy+kufi&clie...
- dhimes 8y agoThank you.
- gdy 8y agoIt's Iranian QR-code.
- alsadi 8y agoNo, kufi is named after a city in what is now Iraq not Iran. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufa
- cygaril 8y agoAlgorithms are named after al-Khwarizmi, and "algebra" comes from the Arabic name of his book, but logarithm was coined from Greek.
- agumonkey 8y agoIIRC al-khwarizmi means `from khwarizm` a region near Irak