Abstact--This paper focuses on the processes producing the standards which make up the technical back-bone of an information infrastructure. These standards are neither ready-made nor neutral. They are currently being developed, and they 'inscribe' behaviour in complex and non-transparent ways. We explore how this takes place, identifying by whom, where and how inscriptions are made. Our princi...

beginning of the safavidempire, ie, the reign of ismail and tahmasp was the era of prosperity and development of calligraphy in iran. this era can be divided into three periods of approximately equal length. the first was a period of transition from timurid herat to safavid tabriz. the second period, which coincided with the first years of the reign of tahmasp and his interest in art of the boo...

The genome has traditionally been treated as a Read-Only Memory (ROM) subject to change by copying errors and accidents. In this review, I propose that we need to change that perspective and understand the genome as an intricately formatted Read-Write (RW) data storage system constantly subject to cellular modifications and inscriptions. Cells operate under changing conditions and are continual...

In 2022, the discipline of calligraphy in colleges and universities is listed as a first-class together with fine arts, which brings opportunities challenges for heritage Chinese calligraphy. society great cultural prosperity development, there are not many calligraphers left. Why? Reflect on how shining famous were during Republic China. However, today’s curriculum still suffers from lack conn...

Contrary to deconstruction and its destructive pursuit, the concept of undermining familiar seeks refute constants known limitations. It is done through process receiving what imposed by formation word or text structural design structure in general, along with Arabic calligraphy particular. This based on recipient's understanding interpretation dual phenomenon content's manifestation. More accu...

A novel interactive technique for extraction of text characters from the images of stone inscriptions is introduced in this paper. It is designed particularly for on-site processing of inscription images acquired at various historic palaces, monuments, and temples. Its underlying principle is made of several robust character-analytic elements like HoG features, vowel diacritics, and location-bo...

The relationship between the expansion of literacy in Judah and composition of biblical texts has attracted scholarly attention for over a century. Information on this issue can be deduced from Hebrew inscriptions from the final phase of the first Temple period. We report our investigation of 16 inscriptions from the Judahite desert fortress of Arad, dated ca 600 BCE-the eve of Nebuchadnezzar's...

We introduce a novel intelligent system which can generate new Chinese calligraphic artwork that meets certain aesthetic requirements automatically. In the machine learning phase, parametric representations of the existent calligraphic artwork are derived from input images of calligraphy. Using a six-layer hierarchical representation, the acquired knowledge is organized as a small structural st...