Abstract: A device for displaying or printing Arabic letters and numerals comprises a number of independently energizable segments. Several segments, 1, 2, 4, 8, 7, 9 and 5 are arranged in the conventional "7 segment" display configuration and groups of segments 13, 14 and 15, 16 provide groups of dots in the upper rectangular area A1 and below the cross-bar segment 9. A further segment 6 forms an enclosure completed by the upper major portion of the segment 1. Descenders 3 and 11 are provided while a linking segment 12 makes it possible to give the appearance of joined script where a number of display elements are disposed side-by-side.