Word heaping explained

Word heaping is a technique used for text justification in Arabic script, in which one word can be placed over another to save space on the line.^[1]

Heap ligatures in Unicode

Arabic Presentation Forms-A has a few characters defined as "word ligatures" for terms frequently used in formulaic expressions in Arabic. A few example ligatures that feature heaping are shown below:^[2]

See also

• Word wrap
• Kashida

Notes and References

1. Web site: TUGboat, Volume 27 (2006), No. 2—Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Meeting: Arabic text justification. Mohamed Jamal Eddine Benatia, Mohamed Elyaakoubi and Azzeddine Lazrek. TeX Users Group. 2006.
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