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Arabic Web Design

Arabic Web Design. Cecilia Huster 25 September 2008. Overview. Page Layout: headers, HTML elements, images Alphabet and numbers Examples Tools and resources. Layout Best Practices: Mirroring. Start on the right, move to the left. For every element, at every level. Alphabet.

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Arabic Web Design

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  1. Arabic Web Design Cecilia Huster 25 September 2008

  2. Overview • Page Layout: headers, HTML elements, images • Alphabet and numbers • Examples • Tools and resources Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  3. Layout Best Practices: Mirroring Start on the right, move to the left. For every element, at every level. Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  4. Alphabet • Impure Abjad (consonant-only alphabet) • Some vowels symbols • 28 basic letters • No distinction between UPPER and lower case • Cursive • most letters are connected • Mixing Arabic and Latin script is very common Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  5. Numbers • Eastern Arabic • right to left • Indian origin • Western Arabic: • left to right • phone numbers, dates, prices • based on Eastern Arabic Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  6. Masthead Horizontal navigation Mirrored drop down Arabic on right English on left Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  7. Right-aligned English text Article page Western Arabic numbers for Arabic Date Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  8. Shopping Basket Basket summary Subtotals in 2 currencies Delete Quantity Price Description Continue Shopping Save order Check out button Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  9. Tools • Adobe Creative Suite Middle East Version • letter spacing and justification • ligatures, vowel signs • page, paragraph and footnote numbering • Arabic, Farsi or Hindi digits • Tasmeem • typography and calligraphy • plug-in for Adobe products Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

  10. Thank you • Original slides at www.ceciliahuster.com Cecilia Huster, Senior UX Designer

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