14.May.2006 Problems of Arabic Typefaces
This article is concerned with the problems of Arabic typefaces for Mac. The fonts in question are basically those available to Quark Arabic users. Quark Arabic is still the main DTP application used by designers and publishing houses and thus the fonts that are bundled with it play a very important role in the field [...]
13.May.2006 Identity Crises: Oriental Roots in a Western Package
Piaget, a name familiar to all psychology students, defined 7 levels of crises that a person goes through in his entire life. One of these crises is identity crisis. What is of interest to us is what one might call Collective Identity Crisis, a problem that encompasses a whole nation; in this case, Lebanon. The [...]