Dubai introduces its own font, in the name of free expression

Dubai

DUBAI has long had a taste for the finer things in life. The influential Persian Gulf city has been home to the world's tallest building, a hotel that offers guests private butlers and 24-karat-gold iPads, and even a bakery that sold gold-laced cupcakes for roughly US$1,000 each.

Now it is getting attention for a slightly less flashy effort that may soon be coming to a word-processing program near you: Dubai has made its own font.