An attendee looks at computers showing the “Dubai Font,” the typeface developed by Microsoft for Dubai, during a conference to announce its launch. The new “Dubai Font” integrates the Arabic and Roman alphabets and will be available for use in 23 languages. Fonts are to words what inspiration is to art #DubaiFont pic.twitter.com/xGNO2Y1Mjs — Dubai Font (@DubaiFont) May 1, 2017For ever-ambitious Dubai, the font seems to be a relatively minor achievement. Instead, critics focused on the language used to promote the font, which focused on free expression. Well, Dubai and the UAE are not known for free expression.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2017 16:14 UTC