Kufi Squares

 

 

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• Kufi is a font• It was the first font that the Quran was

documented• Kufi --- from Kufa in Iraq

Kufi also Kufic

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Courtesy of Mamoun Sakkal

The inception of square kufic derived from the contact between Islam and China around a thousand years ago. A simple adaptation of Arabic kufic script into the mold of Chinese seal script; created a medium that is unique to human civilization; a perpetually modern medium of representing the divine word.

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Square Kufic in ArchitectureSquare Kufic in architectural settings by country.

http://www.kufic.info/architecture/architecture.htm

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Moulay IdrisVolubilisMorocco

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Minaret, Ulugbek Medressa, Registan, Samarkand

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Tripoli mosque, Liban

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Ribbed dome and square kufic tiling, Gur-e Amir mausoleum, Samarkand

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Panel, al Mu'ayyad mosque (1415-22)

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Tile and brick mosaic calligraphy, Jameh Mosque, Esfahan

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kufic calligraphy, isfahan, iran photographer "SEIER+SEIER"

 

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Iran or Central AsiaStone Slab with Calligraphy, late 14th-early 15th centuryStone, Stone, 5 9/16 x 14 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (14.13 x 37.47 x 6.35 cm)

14th century Ilkhanid silver coin with square kufic Kalima

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the world's first stain glass kufi square

the world's first lego kufic square

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21.01.2008 - Kufic Square Calligraphyan interesting parallel between an obscure form of arabic calligraphy and the complex barcode system utilized in japan.both images say the following:

الَّل$ه (َح(د َأ $ه الَّل ُه-َو( ُق-ْل/ الرَحيم الرَحمن 8ه7 الَّل 7 م 7ْس/ ِب(َح(د َأ -ُف-َو;ا ُك $ه- ل -ن (ُك َي (م/ َو(ل (د/ -َول َي (م/ َو(ل 7د/ (َّل َي (م/ ل الَّص$م(د

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SQUARE KUFI CALLIGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONSquare Kufi Alphabet Instructor: Mamoun Sakkal

http://www.kufic.info/kuficscript.htm

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How to design Square Designs in Square Kufi Instructor: Mamoun Sakkal

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