May 17, 2008
Ottoman calligraphy and Arabic typography
Above: Ottoman calligraphy from a selection at the Library of Congress. Below: contemporary Arabic typography from the Experimental Typography Flickr pool.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Ghubar
• Calligraphy by Mouneer Al-Shaárani
• The Journal of Ottoman Calligraphy
• Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East
2 Comments, Comment or Ping
george
here you can take a look at some arabic zoomorph calligraphy pictures
http://ventitre.noblogs.org/post/2007/04/27/calligrafia-zoomorfa
the text is in italian only.
bye
May 17th, 2008
John
Thanks George, those are tremendous examples.
May 17th, 2008
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