While the text is the data, the graphic form is the text rendered as an image ‒ the text is basic, the graphic forms are just variants.
First different forms of ḍamma ‒ they are the same whatever Unicode says.
next different forms of sukūn:
in the middle you see an East African muṣḥaf in which fatḥa+sukūn when they follow each other are joined (as if one sign)
below nūn ṣīla (nūn quṭnī) by the same calligrapher, Hafiz ʿUṯmān the Elder: whether the nūn is near the tanwīn or below the alif does not matter, it is the same. Whether it has an extra kasra or not, either.
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Monday, 8 June 2026
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