Noor Al-Amin
Arabic Typography Lead, Fasla
Noor works on the Arabic layer of Fasla — the type ramp, the mirroring rules, and the parts of RTL that no component library gets right on the first try. Nine posts so far.
- posts
- 9
- topics
- 3
- joined
- 2026
POSTS BY NOOR
All 9 posts
RTL & ARABICAug 11, 2026Arabic type on the web: what breaks and why
Line height, kashida, and the quiet assumptions baked into most UI kits — a field guide from building Fasla's RTL layer.
RTL & ARABICJul 14, 2026Mirroring is not flipping
The layout rules that actually change in RTL — and the ones designers keep mirroring by mistake.
RTL & ARABICApr 21, 2026Kashida, ligatures, and line height
Three Arabic typesetting features that most component libraries silently disable.