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Tasmeem Publisher Edition
The Arabic Designing System
Examples of Tasmeem Publisher EXAMPLES...
Tasmeem KORAN MANUSCRIPT
Illustrated below are two Tasmeem specimens, one of them based on the
contemporary typeset editions, and the other on a famous 16th century
Koran manuscript by the calligrapher Hafiz Osman
(the original is shown in the background)
Tasmeem example above (left):
Page set in 12/28 pts Emiri with spaces to separate words, in the style and
orthography of the printed Koran editions. Each verse is followed by a marker with a number.
Tasmeem Background above:
Two pages from a famous 16th century Koran manuscript by the calligrapher Hafiz Osman.
Tasmeem example above (right):
Page set in 13/18 pts Naskh, emulating the tight spacing
both between and within words of the original.
Tasmeem Avicenna's Kitab as-Sifa'
Tasmeem sample spread based on the original text edition of Avicenna's Kitab as-Sifa'
Tasmeem example above (left):
Page spread professionally typeset and designed using 12/22 pt. Naskh.
Tasmeem background above (right):
Pages from Avicenna's Kitab as-Sifa' edited by F.Rahman,
set in metal (1959): at the bottom of the page is a complex
apparatus criticus with comments in English and Latin
Tasmeem MIRAMAR NOVEL
Sample page spread based on an existing edition of Naguib Mahfouz' novel Miramar.
Tasmeem example above (left):
Page spread of Miramar professionally redesigned using 14/24 pt. Emiri.
Tasmeem background above (right):
Page spread taken from a 1976 edition of the novel
Miramar by Naguib Mahfouz, set in metal typeface.
Tasmeem AL-KHANSA POETRY
A Tasmeem sample page spread based on an existing Arabic poetry primer.
Tasmeem example above (left):
Page spread professionally typeset and designed using 13/32 pt. Naskh.
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Tasmeem background above (right):
Page spread of a student’s edition of Arabic poetry by A. J. Arberry,
published by Cambridge University Press (1965).