It's the contrast between the ascenders, descenders, and the x-height that make Arabic so lovely for me to see, even though I can't read it. Sudanese script is

It's the contrast between the ascenders, descenders, and the x-height that make Arabic so lovely for me to see, even though I can't read it. Sudanese script is visually striking, though not traditionally pretty. It's the Mondrian to the Rembrandt of Arabic.