Arabic Calligraphy: Learn Kufic Script

Overview

“These are additional changes for the purposes of beauty, and each script has its own rules for it. We will learn how letter groups behave in proximity to each other and to other groups in Manuscript Kufic. For instance, what do we do if there are many teeth in a row? How do two round letters connect? These are not totally strict rules, and sometimes there are different options available. As there are many possible situations, I’ll explain the most important, and you’ll find more examples to study in the lesson attachments.”

In this video lesson Joumana Medlej addresses the topic: Stylistic Ligatures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Arabic Calligraphy: Learn Kufic Script. Explore the ancient Arabic script style of Kufic by learning to write a short text using traditional artistic practices.

Partial transcription of the video

“Stylistic Ligatures Now you're thoroughly familiar with the structural changes the letters go through. These structural changes, they actually happen in your head or on your first draft. What goes on the paper is adjusted stylistically. These are the stylistic ligatures that we're looking at today and this includes modification to the shapes of the letters but also the spacing and how they connect together. I have here a number of examples that I'm going to go through one by one with you, but there's also references under this lesson with more examples, and if you study the actual manuscrip...”

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Course summary for: Arabic Calligraphy: Learn Kufic Script

• Level: Beginner
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• 5 units
• 17 lessons (2h 24m)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

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  Calligraphy