Damascus-SANA
The Arabic Calligraphy and Arts House Association concluded the activities of the (Love of a Pen 3) festival, which it held in cooperation with the Directorate of Culture of Damascus, with a free workshop in Kufic script for students studying, at the Cultural Center in Abu Rummaneh.
The workshop included information about the history of the Kufic script, its stages of development, and its types, with an explanation of the specificity of the Arabic letter within it, and the methods of writing it and its many uses.
About the workshop, plastic artist Reem Qabtan said in a statement to SANA: The workshop came under the title of the art of designing logos using the Kufic script, which is an ancient heritage font that originated in the city of Kufa in Iraq, and flourished and spread in the Arab countries with the spread of Islam, and developed rapidly in several forms of writing and approved decorations. On a single disciplined origin.
Captain explained that the students learned about the types of Kufic calligraphy, which amounted to about 30 forms, including Fatimid, square, rounded, italic, flowery, complex, interlaced, braided, and others, indicating that the workshop also included an explanation of the techniques of writing Kufic calligraphy based on reeds or by drawing using a pen and ruler in the manner of square grid, and connecting letters. In balanced and equal proportions, taking into account the mass and construction, and the use of braids and geometric motifs specific to this line.
Captain pointed out that the Kufic script was used to write the first Qurans in Islam, and it was also used to decorate mosques and palaces, noting that this script is currently used in the art of design, writing names, designing logos, and book titles for its beauty, ease of dealing with it, and engineering discipline.
Muhammad Samir Tahan
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