July 10, 2017

Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age announced

Last week I have submitted print-ready and ebook-ready files of my book Arabic Type-Making in the Machine Age: The influence of Technology on the Form of Arabic Type 1908–1993, which is going to be published by the Dutch publisher Brill next month. As the blurb says without any false modesty, this is the first in-depth […]

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May 30, 2014

Arabic type history, a PhD at Reading

This article was written in January 2014 for publication on another site. Alas (and for unknown reasons) this never happened, so instead I post it here belatedly. The comments about study fees have to be seen in light of the then current events. This short account summarises my experience of doing a PhD at the […]

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