See the lexicon

General Script Characteristics

Shape

circular

Internal Structure

stacked

large presence of positive space

partially interwoven

Groups of Characters Baseline

irregular undulations

Character Spacing

regular spaces between characters

Presence of Elongation

absent

Ligature

Abusive - rā’ and tāʾ marbūṭa

Shading / Contrast

medium contrast

Letter Morphology

Point

inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders

alif - top right serif

alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin

Lām Ascenders

lām - vertical

lām - top right serif

lām - foot with left hook

Kāf Ascenders

no top arm and superscript kāf

ṭā' ẓā' ascenders

rounded body

vertical shaft with serif

Descenders

rā' zā' descenders

rā'/zā' - s-shaped

nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders

nūn, sīn/shīn, sād/ḍād, yā', lām, qāf - crescent bowl

denticles

initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles

medial short pointed denticles

counters

hā' counters

final s-shape with upstroke hairline

vocalization and diacritics

ihmāl vocalization and diacritics

superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Other

additional characteristics

considerable vertical elongation of the ascenders which are aligned close together in the central composition

Lām-alif is completely vertical with alif inclined sharply towards the right