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Calligraphy (from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía) 'beautiful writing') is a visual art related to writing.It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument.
First page of Paul's epistle to Philemon in the Rochester Bible (12th century). A modern calligraphic rendition of the word calligraphy (Denis Brown, 2006). Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic use of the Cyrillic and Greek alphabets, as opposed to "Eastern" traditions ...
The Arabic alphabet is one of the most widely used scripts in the world. Many scholars believe that the alphabet was created around the 4th century CE. [5] The alphabet consists of 28 letters written from right to left.
Styles. Ancient South Arabian art; Nabataean art; Islamic art. Fatimid art; Mamluk art; Types. Arabic calligraphy; Arabic graffiti; Arab carpet; Arabic miniature
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Hasan Çelebi, born 1937 in Erzurum, Turkey, is a Turkish master of Islamic calligraphy.He is a student of Hamid Aytaç.. Çelebi has devoted his whole life to calligraphy, and has been described by Caryle Murphy of The Washington Post as one "of the most celebrated masters of classical Ottoman calligraphy style". [1]
Software Maximum number of glyphs supported Colored glyphs Windows Type 1 (.pfb) editor Mac Type 1 (LWFN) editor OpenType TT / TrueType (.ttf) editor Mac TrueType (sfnt/dfont) editor
In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined to form a single glyph.Examples are the characters æ and œ used in English and French, in which the letters a and e are joined for the first ligature and the letters o and e are joined for the second ligature.