Kufic Style

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Kufic script is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It developed from the Nabataeans of Iraq alphabet in the city of Kufa, from which its name is derived.Kufic script is characterized by angular, rectilinear letterforms and its horizontal orientation.There are many different versions of Kufic script, such as square Kufic, floriated Kufic, knotted Kufic, and others

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