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General Script Characteristics

Shape

rectangular

Internal Structure

sinuous

piled

Groups of Characters Baseline

irregular undulations

Character Spacing

regular spaces between characters

Presence of Elongation

occasional

Ligature

Abusive - ‘alif and lām

Conventional - V shaped

Conventional - curvilinear

Conventional - underpinning

Shading / Contrast

strong contrast

Letter Morphology

Point

inclined square

Ascenders

Alif Ascenders

alif - curved

alif - shaft tapers from thick to thin

alif - bevelled head

Lām Ascenders

lām - vertical

lām - curved

lām - shaft tapers from thick to thin

lām - bevelled head

Descenders

wāw descenders

circular ascending tail

mīm descenders

mīm - s-shape ending in ascending hairline

ascending upstroke to left

nūn sīn shīn sādḍād yā’ lām and qāf descenders

deep bowl ending in ascending hairline

denticles

sīn shīn denticles

short pointed denticles

initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles

initial slightly inclined to left

counters

hā' counters

final s-shape with upstroke hairline

fā' qāf wāw counters

rounded head

mīm counters

circular head

vocalization and diacritics

ihmāl vocalization and diacritics

superscript miniature kāf for medial or inital form

Other

additional characteristics

exaggerated eyebrow of jīm /khā’ /hā