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Kufic

The Kufic script (Arabic: الخط الكوفي, romanized: al-khaṭṭ al-kūfī) is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It developed from the Arabic alphabet in the city of Kufa…

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Characteristics of Kufic script

Ornamental use of Kufic script

Square Kufic

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related to Ornamental use of Kufic script · 36
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related to Kufic script in Qurans · 35
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related to Origin of the Kufic script · 15
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related to Usage of Kufic script · 11
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related to Square Kufic · 8
Kufic → Arabic, Invented, Iranian, Iraq, Legibility, Mamoun Sakkal, Square Kufic, The Syrian
see also · 6
Kufic → Ancient North Arabian, Chinese, Languages, Persian, South Arabian, Square Kufic
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is a · 2
Kufic → oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts, very simplified rectangular style widely used for tiling

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Kuficis aoldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts0.90text
Kuficis avery simplified rectangular style widely used for tiling0.90text
Quranic verses along the interior perimeter or broken into lines elegantly against mosque walls.SpiralWhile the name suggests a radial or circular forminstance ofThe letters including their respective dots must only leave 1 pixel apart from each other.Linear is preferred to write long scriptures0.80text
they are usually presented in a square or rectangular shapeinstance ofThe letters including their respective dots must only leave 1 pixel apart from each other.Linear is preferred to write long scriptures0.80text
Quranic verses along the interior perimeter or broken into lines elegantly against mosque wallsinstance ofThe letters including their respective dots must only leave 1 pixel apart from each other.Linear is preferred to write long scriptures0.80text
Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptThe0.60section
Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptArabic0.60section
Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptEnis Timuçin Tan0.60section
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Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptOriginally0.60section
Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptHowever0.60section
Kuficrelated to Characteristics of Kufic scriptIslamic0.60section

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