Arabic Calligraphy: Learn Kufic Script
Spacing and Stretching
A course by Joumana Medlej , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Spacing and Stretching
Overview
“You will learn the proper spacing to be kept inside and outside each letter group. This is different from the Western practice in that you don’t leave more space between words: everything is distributed equally, and the spacing is much wider than it is in other styles of Arabic calligraphy. You’ll also discover the magic of stretching, which allows us to control justification, to highlight words, and also to avoid awkward letter placements.”
In this video lesson Joumana Medlej addresses the topic: Spacing and Stretching, 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
“The final components of script grammar are spacing and stretching. In terms of spacing, you'll have noticed by now that this is a very condensed script, as in Inside the letters, we use the minimum amount of space possible. Everything is quite close together. And this is part of the style of it. But on the other hand, between the groups of letters, we always have a very big space. It's about roughly the size of a meme, And this is unique to this style. And the space is the same everywhere. between groups of letters, between words, it never changes. It's not mathematical. If it's a bit irreg...”
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Course summary for: Arabic Calligraphy: Learn Kufic Script
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Calligraphy
Joumana Medlej
A course by Joumana Medlej
Joumana Medlej is a Lebanese calligraphy artist based in London. Though she is known for her use of Kufic scripts, her work encompasses also encompasses other fields including graphic design, drawing, illustration, digital games, and children’s literature.
Joumana teaches Manuscript Kufic and Square Kufic at the Arab British Centre and her studio in the UK, rediscovering traditional inks and paints along the way. She has collaborated with Apple, Amnesty, the Khayrallah Center at NCSU, BBC Arabic, and the Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan, among others.
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