Meaning of kashida | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of justification used in some cursive scripts, particularly (Perso)-Arabic, where characters are elongated like a string rather than separated by spaces.
   uncountable
2. A character representing this elongation.
   countable

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Examples

“Kashida is a typographic effect used with Arabic writing systems to elongate characters...”

“Note⟳ that "stretching" in this case can mean⟳ addition of white space, addition of connecting glyphs, such as kashidas...”

“However, there is no option for determining whether or not the Arabic Kashidas will be ignored; they will always be ignored in Arabic character sets.”

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