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This letter is one-fourth of a circle.
It starts at the reference line,
plunging almost vertically,
and ends one square below it.
The tail takes off almost horizontally.
Unlike the tail of the nuwn نون,
it does not rise back to the reference line.
The start should not drop right down, but
slightly rightwards. The end shouldn't be
exactly horizontal, but have a slight upward tilt.
The raa# راء is a non-joining letter.
These three are wrong. Number one
has a corner; that's bad because the letter
should be a curve, like an eyelash.
Number two is exactly a quarter of a circle, and
looks somewhat lame.
Number three is half a circle, and looks cartoony,
too hooklike. The right way
is somewhere in between 2 and 3.
Copyright (c) 2001-2009
Jordi Mas Trullenque.
email: jordimastrullenque at gmail dot com
http://purl.oclc.org/net/arabe/coladeraa.en.html
Last revised: 2006-05-05
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