Quoting form an email from Dr Roper, he says:"I was amused by your piece juxtaposing Adobe/Winsoft and Granjon. The irony is, of course, that Granjon himself in the 16th century designed Arabic fonts which attempted to imitate naskh calligraphy, with umpteen ligatures, etc. They have been much admired for this, but nobody has used them, nor anything like them, for more than 200 years."
Coincidentally, today I myself received a press release from the organizers of the GITEX international computer fair in Dubai, promoting demos by WinSoft of their Tasmeem software. The press release states that the Tasmeem software will come in three different editions: Tasmeem Limited Edition (using customized Tasmeem fonts), Tasmeem Creative Edition (for advertising and print design applications) and Tasmeem Publisher Edition (which claims to be specifically tailored for 'Arabic literary and academic books'). I am very curious.