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Calligraphy Script

NASKH (Script)
Naskh is a sans-serif script, meaning characters lack “hooks” on the ends of ascending
and descending strokes.

Nastaʿlīq (Persian: ‫ﻧﺳﺗﻌﻠﯾق‬, from ‫ﻧﺳﺦ‬,


Naskh and ‫ﺗﻌﻠﯾق‬, Taʿlīq) is one of the
main calligraphic hands used in
writing the Persian alphabet, and
traditionally the predominant style
in Persian calligraphy. ..
Naskh uses a horizontal base line;
in situations where one character
starts within the tail of the
preceding letter, the base line is
broken and raised.[5] In
sixteenth-century Constantinople,
Şeyh Hamdullah (1429–1520)
redesigned the structure of naskh,
along with the other "Six Pens," in
order to make the script appear
more precise and less heavy.[6]
Naskh was historically used heavily
in the transcription of books and in
administrative courtly
documents.[4]

More recently, fonts, such as


Monotype Imaging's Bustani font,
have created user-friendly digital
manifestations of naskh for use in
graphic design and digital
typography
Importance of calligraphy

Calligraphy is the art of writing created for beauty as well as


to convey ideas. It's often found in Islamic art, work created
by artists in geographic areas where Islam was the
predominant faith. Islamic calligraphy had its start in the 7th
century, and it was often used in writing the Quran, the holy
book of Islam
‫✨ﺷﮑرﯾہ ✨‬

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