29.Apr.2009 Khede Kasra: the power of Arabic script
A very interesting post about a successful campaign in Lebanon.
23.Apr.2009 Christmas comes very early to Lebanon this year
So the Lebanese have finally managed to capitalize on the international interference in their affairs. Our elections are coming up shortly and the NY Times estimates that hundreds of millions of dollars are being funneled to Lebanon to support the warring factions. The global economy is shrinking and Lebanon is swimming in cash. Typical! As [...]
11.Apr.2009 The story of Koufiya: Part III
One of the best things of studying at Reading was the trip we took to Rome and Florence, and that has nothing to with my fascination with all things Italian! We spent 5 days in Rome and 2 days in Florence looking at the best examples of Latin inscriptions with the notable exception of the [...]
08.Apr.2009 Fonts don’t grow on trees, so stop raiding my garden!
For the past 2 weeks I just keep coming across instances of illegal font usage of my fonts. One was Koufiya extracted from my Reading dissertation and available for download on a forum. The audacity is that they complained about a technical error in a unfinished, illegally obtained font. Wow! The second was a big [...]