Arabic typesetting for, say, Saudi Arabia or UAE should lean towards using Hindi numerals. Which are best?Įither Hindi or Arabic numerals can be used but which is most appropriate depends on factors such as the purpose of the document, the type and location of the audience, etc.Īrabic typesetting for Algeria or Morocco should definitely lean towards using Arabic numerals (remember how they are also called “Western Arabic numerals”). These are never used in Arabic typesetting. For instance, “2011” is “MMXI” and “1984” is “MCMLXXXIV”.
ARABIC NUMERALS FONT TV
TV programmes made by the BBC have their year of production written in Roman numerals at the end of the credits. Roman numerals are a quite different system of writing numbers, using letters for particular amounts. “Hindi numerals” (or “Eastern Arabic”) work the same but look different, as this chart shows:Īrabic typesetting uses either “Arabic numerals” or “Hindi numerals”Īlthough Arabic text is written from right to left, numbers are always read from left to right – whichever form of numerals are used. What are Arabic numerals and Hindi numerals?Īrabic numerals (or “Western Arabic”) are numbers written in the same form as they would be in English. But what’s the difference and which is best to use? This means you can use either Arabic numerals or Hindi numerals to write numbers in Arabic typesetting.
You can write precisely the same number using either of the two systems of numerals. Two different forms of numerals exist in Arabic text.
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