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Naskh (script)

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is written as a straight stroke, bending to the lower left. Naskh differentiates various sounds through the use of diacritical points, in the form of 1–3 dots above or below the letter, which makes the script more easily legible. Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character
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Naskh allowed for the development of decorative elements into more supple, rounded designs, away from the common use of squared kufic in decoration. Naskh's use in architecture first began in the tenth century and had been adopted in many Muslim countries by the eleventh century.
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is commonly believed to predate naskh, but historians have traced the two scripts as coexisting long before their codification by ibn Muqla, as the two served different purposes. Kufi was used primarily in decoration, while Naskh served for everyday scribal use.
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Round scripts became the most popular in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries, due to their use by scribes.
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The script is what is normally used electronically and as the default typeface. Examples on typefaces in naskh on
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Naskh was historically used heavily in the transcription of books and in administrative courtly documents.
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starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. In sixteenth-century
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to develop, commonly used in writing administrative documents and for transcribing books, including the
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is credited with standardizing the "Six Pens" of Islamic calligraphy, also including
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Ali, A. K. M. Yaqub (1984). "Muslim Calligraphy: ITS Beginning and Major Styles".
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Naskh style of writing can be found as early as within the first century of the
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Stonepaste dish from 13th century Iran with a poem in naskh around the rim.
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By the Pen and what They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture
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Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
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Writing the word of God: calligraphy and the Qur'an
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14th- or 15th-century Quran with body text in naskh
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Al-Fatihah
surah
a series
Islamic culture
Architecture
Azerbaijani
Indo-Islamic
Indonesian
Moorish
Ottoman
Persian
Somali
Sudano-Sahelian
Tatar
Swahili
Yemeni
Art
Arabian carpet
Azerbaijani carpet
Batik
Calligraphy
Damask
Embroidery
Ikat
Iznik pottery
Khatam
Kilim
Miniature
Oriental rug

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