Archive for May, 2006

Problems of Arabic Typefaces

Posted by nadine on May 14th, 2006

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 […]

Identity Crises: Oriental Roots in a Western Package

Posted by nadine on May 13th, 2006

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 […]