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  2. Shorthand - Wikipedia

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    Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language. The process of writing in shorthand is called stenography, from the Greek stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write).

  3. Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Before the advent of paper, papyrus and parchment were used for writing. During the 9th century, an influx of paper from China revolutionized calligraphy. Libraries in the Muslim world regularly contained hundreds and even thousands of books. [2]: 218 For centuries, the art of writing has fulfilled a central iconographic function in Islamic art ...

  4. Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    Broken rhyme is a type of enjambement producing a rhyme by dividing a word at the line break of a poem to make a rhyme with the end word of another line. Cross rhyme matches a sound or sounds at the end of a line with the same sound or sounds in the middle of the following (or preceding) line. [6] A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines ...

  5. Human - Wikipedia

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    Since then, a number of civilizations have risen and fallen, while a number of sociocultural and technological developments have resulted in significant changes to the human lifestyle. Genes and the environment influence human biological variation in visible characteristics, physiology, disease susceptibility, mental abilities, body size, and ...

  6. Block quotation - Wikipedia

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    Heavily-stylized example of a block quotation. A block quotation (also known as a long quotation or extract) is a quotation in a written document that is set off from the main text as a paragraph, or block of text, and typically distinguished visually using indentation and a different typeface or smaller size font.

  7. Culture of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan has literature in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Persian, English, and many other languages. [9] The Pakistan Academy of Letters is a large literary community that promotes literature and poetry in Pakistan and abroad. [10] The National Library publishes and promotes literature in the country.

  8. Nastaliq - Wikipedia

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    Example saying, "خط نڛتعليق" ("Nastaliq script") in Nastaliq. The dotted form ڛ ‎ is used in place of س ‎.. Nastaliq (/ ˌ n æ s t ə ˈ l iː k, ˈ n æ s t ə l iː k /; [2] نستعلیق, Persian: [næstʰæʔliːq]; Urdu: [nəst̪ɑːliːq]), also romanized as Nastaʿlīq or Nastaleeq, is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write the Perso-Arabic script and it is ...

  9. Typeface - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of a cast metal sort.a face, b body or shank, c point size, 1 shoulder, 2 nick, 3 groove, 4 foot.. In professional typography, [a] the term typeface is not interchangeable with the word font (originally "fount" in British English, and pronounced "font"), because the term font has historically been defined as a given alphabet and its associated characters in a single size.