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11 posts on design systems, typography, Arabic type and the engineering behind Fasla.
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- RTL & Arabic12 min read
Arabic 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.
- Typography11 min read
A type ramp for two scripts
Latin and Arabic disagree about x-height, ascenders, and optical size. Building one ramp that serves both.
- RTL & Arabic9 min read
Kashida, ligatures, and line height
Three Arabic typesetting features that most component libraries silently disable.