Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited
In this post I will respond to some points raised by Titus Nemeth. I already discussed his rhetoric so I…
Category: Islamic Languages
Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar
After having defined the problem, and having seen a solution, let us now familiarize ourselves with a bad example. Much…
Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Muscat
In this series, we will consider how Arabic is and could be represented in a digital world. Our first, and…
Digital Printing of Arabic: explaining the problem
Representing Arabic script on a computer has been problematic from the very beginning. In this series, we shall explore some…
Improved Keyboard Layout for Mac!
The Digital Orientalist presents… a new way of painlessly typing Arabic on a Mac! After the success of the keyboard…
Typing and transliterating Arabic: an online solution
Fuzzy Arabic Dictionary allows you to simply type the Arabic word you want in an over-simple form in Latin script, and it…
The Digital Orientalist’s Keyboard Layouts (Windows and Mac)
Typing or transliterating Arabic on a PC has been a bane for decades. I am happy to share with you keyboard layouts…
Aratools Arabic-English Dictionary
One nifty digital dictionary for Arabic-English and English-Arabic is provided by Aratools, at http://www.aratools.com You can use it for free online,…
Lane’s Lexicon Online
Lane’s Arabic – English Lexicon, has been unequaled since 1863, despite the fact that it only runs to qāf. Roots that…
When even the experts fail
The University of Leiden is celebrating 400 years of Arabic Studies. As part of their celebrations, the invitation below was…