Pixels in Islamic art: square Kufic calligraphy

Re:Pixels in Islamic art: square Kufic calligraphy by hinell on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @08:30AM (#43904336)

Incomprehensible for outsiders. Though, any script can be fit into "square" writing.

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Re:Pixels in Islamic art: square Kufic calligraphy by xanderlewis on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @08:39AM (#43904415)

Some more easily than others.

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Re:Pixels in Islamic art: square Kufic calligraphy by blacksmith_tb on Tuesday May 06, 2025 @12:23PM (#43906895)

It varies, the example from the Topkapi Scroll, with the tile-like patterns of triangles and swastikas, took me a minute to recognize (but it's been 25yr since I took Arabic as an undergrad). Some of the other examples are fun, the shahada that looks like minarets is actually mirrored text, so it reads backwards from the left and normally (well, it's super-stylized) from the right.

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