One note about the pen test in the first post...
If you read it right to left, you might notice that the last letter, the one that looks like a "9", is drawn in the Arabic style, not in the Latin style. In Arabic the loops tend to be smaller, longer and more horizontal than the way it was written in Latin texts.
In Arabic, it is a terminal letter. In Latin texts, it is an abbreviation symbol.
The y chars in the VMS are more similar to Latin versions—bigger loops, more vertical stems (and left to right rather than the other way around).
If you read it right to left, you might notice that the last letter, the one that looks like a "9", is drawn in the Arabic style, not in the Latin style. In Arabic the loops tend to be smaller, longer and more horizontal than the way it was written in Latin texts.
In Arabic, it is a terminal letter. In Latin texts, it is an abbreviation symbol.
The y chars in the VMS are more similar to Latin versions—bigger loops, more vertical stems (and left to right rather than the other way around).