In reply to Diamond Tittles:
Thanks for being candid. You could've done it there too. :-) Seriously, there's nothing better for cultural progress than public challenge.
I admit that comparing the shape of the dot to no dot at all isn't entirely fair. But the shape does matter:
too subtle to be significant
This is frankly surprising to hear from a text face designer. Maybe I've misunderstood this aspect of your approach to type design all these years.
And how could it be "naff" if it's too subtle?
for which there is no nostalgia.
I hate nostalgia. It's not my intent to leverage such a base emotion.* My angle is cultural preservation, especially in the context of possible admission into the European Union. And anybody who thinks Arabic has no relevance to Turkish culture is simply fooling himself. Walking around Istanbul completely confirmed this for me. I sent Alessandro some photos showing how engrained Arabic remains to Turks (for publication in his "mini interview" thing) but I won't show them here lest I steal his thunder. Calling the influence "decorative" is a convenient superficial escape.
* Although I do think that Turks who lean more towards Islam are more likely to yearn for the "good old days". And remember that -at least among some Muslims- the Qur'aan is only "official" in Arabic.
hhp