the nuwn نون 's Tail

The tail of the ن rather resembles a ر seen in a mirror. It starts one square below the baseline, almost horizontally, and ends near the baseline.

Note that there's a full grid-square inside the curve.

Unlike the raa# راء's tail, which takes off almost horizontally, the nuwn نون's tail ends almost upright.

Ways Not to Write the nuwn نون 's Tail

These are all bad examples. Number 1 is blasphemous: it's inside a square, while the square should be inside the nuwn. Number 2 is equally sinful: it's following the square, when it should in fact be a curve. Number 3 is one half of the circle which barely covers a square: it looks awful, but at least it's readable.

Some tips to upgrade from "readable" to "elegant":

• begin a little to the right of the square's southeast corner.
• go in and out following the green arrows, not the red ones, and
• don't enter the green square, but you may just touch it.

Copyright (c) 2001-2009 Jordi Mas Trullenque.
email: jordimastrullenque at gmail dot com
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Last revised: 2008-04-01

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