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calligraphy

dhruva — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:05:54 -0800

Calligraphy Qalam An introduction to Arabic, Ottoman and Persian Calligraphy. See a gallery, a timeline of scripts and styles, a blog with entries such as how to design your own square kufic calligraphy, and much more.

By: chomputer

chomputer — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:44:54 -0800

If only my signature were as badass as the Ottoman tughra! (examples from the linked site here, here, and here. More at the Wikipedia article, which features this seriously excellent illustration.) This is great, thanks!

By: peacay

peacay — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:47:43 -0800

Beautiful, thank dhruva. That last gif link is excellent, yeah.

By: Uppity Pigeon #2

Uppity Pigeon #2 — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:22:31 -0800

Geez, thanks a lot, dhruva. I'm still trying to cross my "t"s without ripping the paper, and you have to hit me with this artistic calligraphy shit. Jerk. Seriously, though, this kind of thing makes me wish I could draw a straight line without a ruler and three highly-trained helpers.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:33:15 -0800

Something you may not have ordinarily come across, that you might like.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:22:23 -0800

That's terrific, tellurian—thanks!

By: Biru

Biru — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:29:24 -0800

Cheers for this link. I'm learning Arabic at the moment and all of corridors in my school are adorned with this kind of thing. It's surprisingly difficult to read some of them, and at least now I can refer to the different types of caligraphy by their proper names.

By: peacay

peacay — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:20:53 -0800

مخطوطات مختارة

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:24:54 -0800

I can't imagine learning arabic, but that link is magic peacay.