Old Kufic Calligraphy: Read & Write Kufic script in 10 days

Calligraphy is the music of eye. while the composition of notes makes a symphony, the composition of letters in calligraphy create a harmony which I named it “Eye Music". This book is about “Kufic Old” or “Kufic simple” Calligraphy, a practical aspect in new method which could be written by Traditional Qalam & Ink, pencil, pen, roller pen, metal-nip pen, …One of the earliest scripts is the Kufic or Kufi script, which is thought to have started in the city of Hira, a city near Kufa, located less than 30 miles south of ancient Babylon in Iraq. Letters in square Kufic are in the form of a square or a rectangle. This rakish script utilizes strong, short strokes for every letter. There is a squarish part to every letter as well. In this method you practice the alphabets and will learn how to read and write Kufic just in 10 days. This book is highly recommended to researchers, calligraphers, designers, and students of Islamic history, art history, Quran history, manuscript history and the history of Arabic language and scripts. In this book for the first time, you will learn step by step how to write the Old Kufic (Simple Kufic) script. Read more