The rise of Arabic calligraphy as art is closely connected with the Islamic faith. ... Holland walked around the room helping children and adults alike make the letters of the Arabic alphabet.

But Rosenstein had a fascination with his own ABCs, which served as his fundamentals before he even stepped into an art studio. For almost 80 years, Rosenstein has created calligraphy art, ...

As an example, elif – the first letter in the Arabic alphabet – should be one dot wide and three dots in length in Thuluth font. “It’s a bunch of curves,” Halwani says, and it’s true.

David Goldstein, “Hebrew Aleph-Bet” (2020) (image courtesy David Goldstein) The next section moves into calligraphy and lettering, a particular passion of the author, who movingly describes a ...

Timothy O'Neill is an expert calligrapher whose work can be found in collections worldwide. His latest book, The Irish Art of Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Guide, sees Tim draw on his experience to ...

Calligraphy is a centuries-old art, and is defined as decorative or ornamental handwriting. The word calligraphy is taken from the Greek word ‘kalli’ meaning beautiful and ‘graphia ...

While we do find the class difficult at times, mainly due to the intricacy of the lettering, it’s also surprisingly therapeutic. After spending hours attempting to craft the art of calligraphy, we can ...

The letters of the alphabet took a long time to evolve, and to get standardised into their present forms, shapes and figurations. In Malayalam too, the artists’ romance with the alphabet has a ...