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It does indeed, with the dot on خ being the central dot (repeated once per rotation).
by gfaure 6y ago
It does indeed, with the dot on خ being the central dot (repeated once per rotation).
- gladuz 6y agoCan you please explain it in detail. I don't know Arabic and can't figure out the pattern. He is born in my country and it would be cool to show the cover to my peers.
- jazzyjackson 6y agoThe pattern is the script called "Square Kufic" (a google image search +mosaic reveals many wondrous examples) and the arabic form of al-Khwarizmi is الخوارزمي The kufic letters are fairly abstract but look for the verticals, there are 9 letters (last 2 are joined, I think, I cannot read it either just looking closely) ا A ل l خ kh و w ا a ر r ز z م m ي i
- ignoramous 6y ago> ...Square Kufic Its superset, "Geometric Kufic", is a more interesting rabbit hole. In general, Arabesque patterns are almost exclusively floral / geometric. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12049316 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12049316
- matsemann 6y agoA discussion about it from earlier here that might be of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18805877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18805877