Kufic
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kufic-208-5936378
title:
Kufic
text:
The Kufic script is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It developed from the Arabic alphabet in the city of Kufa, from which its name is derived. Kufic is characterized by angular, rectilinear letterforms and its horizontal orientation. There are many different versions of Kufic, such as square Kufic, floriate
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Style of Arabic script
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic
date created:
2005-05-01T10:01:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T08:24:03Z
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