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Redefining the Art of Arabic Type, Typography & Calligraphy

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Details in Naskh style.

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Syrian newspaper.

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Calligrapher Mustafa Eyyûbî

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Connected letters in Naskh style.

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Eye-catching calligraphy artworks from the streets of Istanbul:
Mehmed Nazif Bey
Mustafa Halim Özyazıcı

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Different swash letters are used in Naskh style depending on the context.

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Many Arabic ligatures listed in the Unicode reference are shown with incorrect diacritics.

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Kufic style.

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Alef Lam-Alef (الا) looks like the letter H.

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A useful approach in Arabic type design is to place the tanween/diacritics inside the isolated and final forms of the letters ʿAin (ع) and Ḥah (ح) to prevent descender overshoot.

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Distinctive Naskh ligature.

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@0xRodo Cryptospeak

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@eli_schein @CozomoMedici Two years ago, we created a first-of-its-kind generative typography series — 300 pieces using NFT community jargon. But generative art remained tied to a few big names and hype, making it hard for fresh ideas to stand out, no matter the quality.

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Distinctive calligraphic forms and ligatures that were written hundreds of years ago.

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لا

[Otba Mushaweh @Otba__]

Resist - قاوم
Arabic typographic artworks.