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Arabic character writing / by Keith Massey and Damien Ferré.

by Massey, Keith.

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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.

Writing, Arabic.

9781119475330 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Arabic character writing for dummies

iii, 90 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Chapter 1 Wrapping Your Mind around the Characters of the Arabic Alphabet -- A Brief History of the Arabic Language and Its Alphabet -- What? No Vowels? -- Connecting the Different Forms of the Letters -- Why Learn to Write Arabic? -- Strategies for Learning to Write Arabic Letters -- Set goals -- Chapter 2 The Write Stuff -- Traditional Writing Utensils and Mediums -- Your Best Options - Pencil and Paper -- A Fountain of Fonts -- There's More than One Way to Write -- Long Live Cursive Writing! -- Write, review, rinse, repeat -- Chapter 3: Characters and Symbols to Practice -- The Short Vowels -- Additional Symbols -- The Long Vowels -- Phrases in Arabic -- The Numbers -- Appendix Extra Practice Pages -- EULA.

You'll learn the 28 characters of the Arabic alphabet plus other vital symbols used in the written language, discover how shapes change for different meanings, and become an expert on when to connect the letters.

Ferré, Damien.

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