calligraphy
May 11, 2009 8:05 PM Subscribe
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.
Beautiful, thank dhruva. That last gif link is excellent, yeah.
posted by peacay at 10:47 PM on May 11, 2009
posted by peacay at 10:47 PM on May 11, 2009
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.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 4:22 AM on May 12, 2009
Seriously, though, this kind of thing makes me wish I could draw a straight line without a ruler and three highly-trained helpers.
posted by Uppity Pigeon #2 at 4:22 AM on May 12, 2009
Something you may not have ordinarily come across, that you might like.
posted by tellurian at 5:33 AM on May 12, 2009
posted by tellurian at 5:33 AM on May 12, 2009
That's terrific, tellurian—thanks!
posted by languagehat at 6:22 AM on May 12, 2009
posted by languagehat at 6:22 AM on May 12, 2009
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.
posted by Biru at 10:29 AM on May 12, 2009
posted by Biru at 10:29 AM on May 12, 2009
I can't imagine learning arabic, but that link is magic peacay.
posted by tellurian at 7:24 AM on May 14, 2009
posted by tellurian at 7:24 AM on May 14, 2009
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This is great, thanks!
posted by chomputer at 9:44 PM on May 11, 2009