Calligraphy Qalam Blog » kufic http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog Arabic, Ottoman & Persian Calligraphy Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:52:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Design your own square kufic calligraphy http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/calligraphy-resources/design-your-own-square-kufic-calligraphy/ http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/calligraphy-resources/design-your-own-square-kufic-calligraphy/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:28:22 +0000 Elisabeth Kvernen http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/?p=207 Calligrapher Mamoun Sakkal offers lessons on his website in designing a word or phrase in a style he calls “square kufic.” In this style, each letter is made up of a series of filled-in squares. Starting with a piece of graph paper, you can design your own alphabet, then create intricate patterns with these letter forms.

These designs are abstract and stylized versions of the kufic calligraphy script.

square kufic

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