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He notes that "Obviously [calligraphy and graffiti] both are about the use of letters and their alphabets, and their center of gravity is the beauty of writing. For both, a letter is more than just a letter and they fill them with emotions. The use of empty space and composition within this space is something else they have in common. [23]
Ruqʿah is the most common type of handwriting in the Arabic script. It is known for its clipped letters composed of short, straight lines and simple curves, as well as its straight and even lines of text. It was probably derived from the Thuluth and Naskh styles. Unlike other types of calligraphy, ruqʿah is not considered as an art form ...
Naskh differentiates various sounds through the use of diacritical points, in the form of 1–3 dots above or below the letter, which makes the script more easily legible. [5] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. [ 8 ]
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 taʿlīq (Persian: تعلیق, lit. 'hanging') script is a calligraphic hand in Islamic calligraphy typically used for official documents written in Persian.Literally meaning hanging or suspended script it emerged in the mid-13th century and was widely used, especially in chanceries of Iranian states, although from the early 16th century onward it lost ground to another hanging script, the ...
Vietnamese calligraphy is called thư pháp (書法, literally "the way of letters or words") and is based on Chữ Nôm and Chữ Hán, the historical Vietnamese writing system rooted in the impact of Chinese characters and replaced with the Latin alphabet as a result of French colonial influence. However, the calligraphic traditions ...
ChebanykGroteskCond2004 font by Vasyl Chebanyk, Ukrainian language graphics project, Ruthenia. The art of Ukrainian calligraphy dates back to the times of the Trypil culture, the Scythians and Sarmatians, the Cossack period and the George Narbut alphabet, and was replaced by the unified alphabet of the Soviet era.
Block letters – also called printing, is the use of the simple letters children are taught to write when first learning; Calligraphy – the art of writing itself, generally more concerned with aesthetics for decorative effect than normal handwriting. Cursive – any style of handwriting written in a flowing (cursive) manner, which connects ...