From: Mr Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI <rordorf@mdpi.org>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:44:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47A1C2C0.5090008@mdpi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2823285E-0472-4B8C-AA7C-F1A2F3EE07E8@st.estfiles.de>
Dear Steffen,
Arabic is read from right to left, so the the % sign in front of the
number, if you read from right to left, becomes actually after the
number. One of my co-worker originally from Lebanon confirmed this.
Kind regards,
Dietrich
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Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left
> to the number "% 18".
> Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/
> TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this "... the incorrect
> placement of the percentage sign".
>
> Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ??
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steffen
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-31 12:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-31 9:27 Steffen Wolfrum
2008-01-31 12:44 ` Mr Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI [this message]
2008-01-31 15:08 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2008-01-31 15:48 ` Steffen Wolfrum
2008-01-31 15:51 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2008-01-31 20:25 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2008-01-31 22:54 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2008-01-31 22:59 ` Hans Hagen
2008-01-31 22:35 ` Peter Münster
2008-01-31 22:42 ` Hans Hagen
2008-01-31 23:11 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2008-02-01 2:50 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2008-02-01 9:22 ` Hans Hagen
2008-02-01 7:07 ` Otared Kavian
2008-02-01 11:15 ` Steffen Wolfrum
2008-02-01 12:14 ` Otared Kavian
2008-02-01 14:32 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2008-02-08 9:12 ` Arthur Reutenauer
2008-01-31 23:07 ` Idris Samawi Hamid
2008-02-01 9:06 ` Hans Hagen
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