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ReminderThe Arabic script is written in cursive.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't Arabic supposed to read right to left? Why is the exclamation point on the right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think that's how bad this book is. Each individual character is lined up left-to-right instead of flowing right-to-left

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're quite right. When some shitty software shits the bed like this, it's usually in the way that @[email protected] explained: https://notarabic.com/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

This sent me down a rabbit hole that led me to a whole bunch of interesting places--most saliently, the blog maintainer's talk on decolonizing programming, which I found thought-provoking. Thanks for sharing!