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Like where? In cursive, at best what changes is that some ending curse goes up or down a bit more. The existence of cursive computer fonts shows that even in cu
by roel_v 15y ago
Like where? In cursive, at best what changes is that some ending curse goes up or down a bit more. The existence of cursive computer fonts shows that even in cursive writing, the shape of letters can be the same across a text. Minor changes are caused by the speed of writing the cursive.
On the contrary, and as I understand it, in Arabic there are rules on how to change the shape of letters in certain contexts. In Arabic it's part of the writing system, in Western European languages it's not.
- hessenwolf 15y agoI give you Typographic Ligature: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_ligature
- roel_v 15y agoExactly, ligatures don't have any grammatical meaning. They're merely that - 'typographic'.
- hessenwolf 15y agoAnd the Arabic letters don't have any grammatical meaning. They are also merely typographic. I think we are saying the same thing here.