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  2. Kufic - Wikipedia

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    The normal writing format using pixelated Arabic font. The overall shape is not limited by any shape or boundary. Although this configuration is straight forward, it is not used for most Square Kufic-related work, due to its less aesthetic appearance relative to the other configurations.

  3. List of script typefaces - Wikipedia

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    Samples of Calligraphic Script typefaces Typeface name Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 American Scribe: AMS Euler Designer: Hermann Zapf, Donald Knuth Apple Chancery Designer: Kris Holmes

  4. Kairouani calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Kairouani style was used for the first time in the Nurse's Quran, finished in 1020 [1] during the last decades of Kairouan’s intellectual and political golden era. The manuscript was kept for centuries in the maqsurah of Ibn Badis, a small cell measuring 8x6 meters next to the qibla wall that served as a library, [2] in the main prayer room of the Great Mosque.

  5. Noto fonts - Wikipedia

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    The Noto family is designed with the goal of achieving visual harmony (e.g., compatible heights and stroke thicknesses) across multiple languages/scripts. Commissioned by Google, the font is licensed under the SIL Open Font License. [3] Until September 2015, the fonts were under the Apache License 2.0. [4]

  6. Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Styles. Ancient South Arabian art; Nabataean art; Islamic art. Fatimid art; Mamluk art; Types. Arabic calligraphy; Arabic graffiti; Arab carpet; Arabic miniature

  7. Arabic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Arabic script - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes refers to a very specific calligraphic style, but sometimes used to refer more broadly to almost every font that is not Kufic or Nastaliq. Nastaliq: Urdu, Shahmukhi, Persian, & others Urdu, Punjabi, Persian, Kashmiri & others Southern and Western Asia Taliq

  9. Mamoun Sakkal - Wikipedia

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    ADC Typography Bronze Cube 2018 for Sakkal Kitab Font. [4] Third International Calligraphy Competition: First Award in Kufi style, [Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey - 1993. First place award in the Arab Human Development Report cover design competition, United Nations Development Programme, New York City ...