Arabic Calligraphy Articles: Scripts, Masters and Technique

The art of Arabic calligraphy: the major scripts from Kufi to Nastaliq, the pens and proportions behind them, the great masters, contemporary calligraphers, and how to start learning.

Arabic Calligraphy Styles Compared: A Visual Key to Nine Scripts

Kufi, Naskh, Thuluth, Diwani, Ruq'ah, Nastaliq, Maghribi and the rarer pens: how to tell them apart by angle, alif and baseline, where each one… Read more : Arabic Calligraphy Styles Compared: A Visual Key to Nine Scripts

October 23, 2026 9 min read