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Can 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
by gladuz 6y ago
Can 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