Arabic keyboard
The Arabic keyboard (
e-mail addresses. Since Arabic is written from right to left
, when one types with an Arabic keyboard, the letters will start appearing from the right side of the screen.
Layouts
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AnOlivetti Lettera 32typewriter with Arabic keyboard -
An Apple computer Arabic keyboard
Arabic typewriter
The Arabic layout typewriter was first patented by Selim Shibli Haddad, a Syrian artist and inventor.[1] A British patent was filed three months later, on 1 December 1899, by Philippe Waked, the first person to type a document in Arabic.[2] Both patents expired in 1919, prompting mass production in both Egypt and abroad.[3]
Sakhr/MSX Arabic Keyboard
IBM PC Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
Mac Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
Ubuntu Arabic Keyboard[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Messenger, Robert (17 October 2014). "The Arabic Typewriter Keyboard and the Syrian Artist". oz.Typewriter.
- ^ "A Tale of Two Inventors - KC Website". 6 October 2019.
- ^ Zeina Dowidar & Ahmed Ellaithy The Invention of the Arabic Typewriter, 31 October 2019, Kerning Cultures
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