Kufic Calligraphy Pdf

This style originally an architectural epigraphic style. There is a squarish component to each letter.

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The development of square kufic calligraphy in the 12th century was an exceptional step towards simplification in kufic styles that evolved towards more complexity in the preceding centuries. In manuscripts the letters often. The blue qur an early kufic script c. The one kufic style that can really be pinned down is square kufic and that because it s the most minimal possible form of arabic script.

This angular script uses bold short strokes for each letter. It was created after the establishment of the two muslim cities of basrah and kufah in the second decade of the islamic epoch 8th century a d. Ornamental kufic on a bowl from nishapur. Square kufic calligraphy is a well defined style of calligraphic design developed originally for architectural applications and it has a history of at least seven centuries sakkal 2006.

Introduction to arabic calligraphy. 58 running footunit 2. Kufic one of the earliest scripts is the kufic or kufi script which is thought to originate in the city of hira. The website allows people to upload their own samples of calligraphy to it in order to make it a hub for free islamic and qur anic calligraphy.

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