Word heaping
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Word heaping is a technique used for text justification in Arabic script , in which one word can be placed over another to save space on the line. [1]
Heap ligatures in Unicode
Arabic Presentation Forms-A has a few characters defined as "word ligatures" for terms frequently used in formulaic expressions in Arabic. A few example ligatures that feature heaping are shown below: [n 1]
- U+FDFA ﷺ ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM ( صلى الله عليه وسلم " peace be upon him ")
- U+FDFB ﷻ ARABIC LIGATURE JALLAJALALOUHOU ( جل جلاله " may His glory be glorified ")
- U+FDFD ﷽ ARABIC LIGATURE BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم " in the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful ")
References
- ↑ Mohamed Jamal Eddine Benatia, Mohamed Elyaakoubi and Azzeddine Lazrek (2006). "TUGboat, Volume 27 (2006), No. 2—Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting: Arabic text justification" (PDF) . TeX Users Group.
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- ↑ May not sometimes render properly without font support
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Islamic arts
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