The Three 'Easinesses' of Regular ScriptThe masters of calligraphy throughout history are, after all, so good at writing ...

The Wall of Cursive ScriptAt the calligraphy class I attend, there are monthly assignments. Starting in September, cursive ...

DUBAI: Embedded in rich history, Arabic calligraphy has been classified into six essential proportioned scripts (or pens), set by the renowned Abbasid polymath and vizier Ibn Muqla, who was born in ...

Calligraphy is derived from the Greek words “Kallos” meaning “beauty” and “Graphein” meaning “to write”. Thousands of years ago, there were no fancy pens or pencils in ancient civilisations like Egypt ...

In today’s digital world, many of us don’t get to hold a pen for days. All our fingers do is tap screens and punch keyboards faster than lightning. While the focus on handwriting seems to have shifted ...

This exhibition Islamic Calligraphy in Practice;and its companion exhibition,Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an, explore Islamic art’s quintessential art form: calligraphy. In the ...

DUBAI: Calligraphy is one of the most important, sacred and characteristic expressions of Islam and the non-Muslim Arab world and has continually evolved and adapted since its formal introduction in ...

For a calligraphy artist with six decades' experience, Wang Dongling always remains open-minded to emerging media technologies. In his view, a conversation with new technologies is a conversation with ...