We have Helvetica. Persians have nasta’liq. The most popular form of Persian calligraphy has become almost synonymous with Persian culture itself. “When you see people protesting in Iran ...

Craftsmen mounted the calligraphy in books, often inside gold borders and alongside elaborate illustrations. This folio dates to the 16th century. Freer/Sackler Gallery A Persian calligraphy that ...

And so, the legend goes, nasta’liq, a calligraphic script primarily used to write Persian poetry, was born. This style of calligraphy, which seems almost to float on the page in its graceful ...

Thus many of them are now lovingly collecting items of Iranian Calligraphy. “Nastaliq” is the most popular contemporary style among classical Persian calligraphy scripts. It is known as ...

The Persian word for calligraphy is "khoshnevisi" and a calligrapher is known as "khoshnevis". Calligraphy is also synonymous with khat (literally, line or script) and khat neveshtan (writing script).

“The Farsi language is a poetic language,” says Masud Valipour, owner of Ketabsara Persian Calligraphy and Books in Westwood’s Persian Square. He gestures along the store’s walls where ...

I recently visited the Smithsonian Museum’s Sackler Gallery’s new exhibition, Nasta‘liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy in Washington, D.C. The Sackler Gallery frequently features new and ...

Image courtesy of Karim Jabbari Calligraphy—and calligraphers—have resisted new technologies for centuries. For starters, Arabic and its sibling, Persian, used non-Latin alphabets that made ...

Shiite Muslim religious scholars in the ancient city’s turquoise-tiled edifices bury their noses in Koranic texts illustrated with Persian calligraphy, in scenes that evoke Mesopotamia’s rich ...