ASV Codar (from
) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
typeface developed by .
It was designed as a simplified typeface, with one
vowels
A vowel is a syllabic speech sound pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Vowels are one of the two principal classes of speech sounds, the other being the consonant. Vowels vary in quality, in loudness and also in quantity (leng ...
as their own characters.
ASV Codar was first released in two versions: a "pure" version with only 84 characters, and a "total" version with 23 additional characters.
History
Ahmed Lakhdar Ghazal first filed for a patent for his project in France in 1954.
He submitted his idea to the
Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo in 1958, but it was rejected.
ASV Codar was first released in two versions: a "pure" version with only 84 characters, and a "total" version with 23 additional characters.
In 1958, when Lakhdar Ghazal's was serving as both general secretary of Morocco's
National Commission for UNESCO and head of the Fundamental Education section of the Moroccan , ASV Codar gained the support of the Moroccan government, which employed it in its first national campaign against illiteracy.
In 1960, the Moroccan government created the
Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization The Institute for Studies and Research on Arabization (, or ) is an institute dedicated to Arabization in Rabat, Morocco created by decree January 14, 1960.
History
In 1960, the Moroccan government created the Institute for Studies and Research ...
at
Mohammed V University
Mohammed V University (, french: Université Mohammed-V de Rabat), in Rabat, Morocco, was founded in 1957 under a royal decree ( Dahir). It is the first modern university in Morocco after the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez.
History
The uni ...
for the development and modernization of Arabic, with Lakhdar Ghazal as its director.
In 1975, an agreement with Morocco's {{Interlanguage link, National Ministry of Education, Preschool, and Sports, lt=Ministry of Education, ar, وزارة التربية الوطنية والتعليم الأولي والرياضة (المغرب), fr, Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, du Préscolaire et des Sports (Maroc) and
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
provided funding for Lakhdar Ghazal's project.
References
Arabic typefaces
Arabization