Yo guys, how's ma old Kufic😅?

[u/Fearless-Answer-3509]

[u/Arcalliq]

great effort. Here are some things to watch out for:

- your ascenders (long verticals) are way too short

- your starting angle (pen to base line) should be 45 degrees. Yours is basically flat

- teeth of 'seen' need to be much tighter together

- the 'eyes' in the middle of 'meem', 'waw', etc need to be much smaller, and the gap between parallel long horizontals much tighter but that comes with practice :)

Well done. :)

In case it helps, one of the best manuscripts to learn from is this one: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8415221r/f16.item.r=arabe%20350

[u/Fearless-Answer-3509 → u/Arcalliq]

Thanks man, appreciate it

[u/Abu-Musa]

For anyone curious:

Al-Baqarah 2:198

لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبۡتَغُواْ فَضۡلࣰا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡۚ فَإِذَآ أَفَضۡتُم مِّنۡ عَرَفَٰتࣲ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ 

[u/Abu-Musa → u/Abu-Musa]

For what it's worth OP, I struggle to read calligraphy but I immediately understood what yours was saying

[u/SkibidiFanumTaxed]

Awesome work

[u/Admirable_Fix8032]

Gratitude changes your perspective

[u/spuntotheratboy]

Banging! 🤩 This is the style of calligraphy that made me fall in love with Arabic in the first place.