We asked Michael Ajelat, a calligraphy specialist and Fine Art artist from Madaba, to design the workshop's name using arabic calligraphy. Michel artist started to hand draw the arabic letters separately. After scanning each pieces he assembled them to find the best composition before adding the decoration symbols (vowel diacritics) around it.
Graphically stunning... enjoy!
"The little symbols surrounding the arabic characters are vowel diacritics, which are used to mark short vowels, and other special symbols appear only in the Qur'an...
...They are also used, though with less consistency, in other religious texts, in classical poetry, in books for children and foreign learners, and occasionally in complex texts to avoid ambiguity…
...Sometimes the diacritics are used for decorative purposes in book titles, letterheads, nameplates, etc."
(Source omniglot.com)
Michael Ajelat website:
Arabic script explained:
More information about Arabic script:
calligraphyqalam.com
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