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Thuluth
Thuluth (Arabic:”one-third”) is a script variety of Arabic calligraphy, which made its first appearance in the fourth century of the Hegira (11th century AD). Its is known to be on of the hardest Arabic scripts to write. The straight angular forms of Kufic were replaced in the new script by curved and oblique lines. […]
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Vellum
Vellum (from the Old French Vélin, for “calfskin”[1]) is a sort of parchment, a material for the pages of a book or codex, characterized by its thin, smooth, durable properties. Originally, the material was made from pig skin, but modern “vellum” is usually an imitation made out of cotton. The term can also refer […]
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Uncial
Uncial is a majuscule script commonly used from the 3rd to 8th centuries AD by Latin and Greek scribes. From the 8th century to the 13th century the script was more often used as a display script in headings and titles.
Development
Early uncial script most likely developed from late Roman cursive. Early forms are characterized […]
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Tughra
A tughra (Tugra) is a calligraphic seal or signature of an Ottoman Sultan that was affixed to all official documents and correspondence. It was also carved on his seal and stamped on the coins minted during his reign.
The tughra was designed at the beginning of the Sultan’s reign and drawn by the court calligrapher […]
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Tevki
Tevki is a calligraphic variety of Arabic script. It is a modified and smaller version of Thuluth.
It was mostly employed in official state papers and documents in the Ottoman Empire.
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Stroke order
Stroke order (Chinese: bishùn; Japanese: hitsujun or kaki-jun) refers to the way in which Chinese characters are written. The stroke order of a character gives the order and direction in which the brush strokes, or simply “strokes”, are written.
Chinese characters are used in various forms in modern Chinese languages, Japanese, and, […]
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Society of Scribes & Illuminators
The Society of Scribes & Illuminators is an organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of the arts of calligraphy and illumination.
The SSI was founded in the United Kingdom in 1921 by former students of leading calligrapher Edward Johnston and has an international reputation in its field. The SSI organises exhibitions and lectures on […]
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Sini (script)
Sini is a Chinese Islamic calligraphic form for the Arabic script. It can refer to any type of Chinese Islamic calligraphy, but is commonly used to refer to one with thick and tapered effects, much like Chinese calligraphy. It is used extensively in mosques in eastern China, and to a lesser extent in Gansu, […]
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Semi-cursive script
Semi-cursive script (Traditional Chinese: pinyin: Xíngshu, Japanese: gyosho, Korean: haengseo) is a partially cursive style of Chinese calligraphy.
Also referred to in English both as running script and by its Mandarin Chinese name, xíngshu, it is derived from clerical script, and was for a long time after its development in the first centuries AD […]
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Seal script
Seal script, also called small seal script, (Chinese: ; pinyin: zhuànwén) is an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy. It evolved organically out of the Zhou dynasty script (see bronze script), arising in the Warring State of Qin. Seal script became standardized and adopted as the formal script for all of China in the Qin […]
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