Ammon – Arabic calligraphy
The Arab Nabataeans are considered the first to establish the Arabic calligraphy and design its shape, and it is known that the Arabic calligraphy has several forms, where the letter is drawn in different ways, and this has appeared seven types of Arabic calligraphy, including the Kufic line, the Persian line, the Andalusian line, the Thuluth line, and the Naskh line, And others, and the Naskh line is considered one of the most famous and widespread of these fonts, and the Naskh line was called by this name because it was used in copying books and not to show the beauty of its drawing, and it was called more than one name, as some like to call it the statement line or the press line, and this line was used in printing Newspapers and magazines that people circulate, and people used to read newspapers in naskh script.
How to learn copywriting
It is known that calligraphy in our present time has become one of the most important arts, as many calligraphers began to master the way of writing, and linked it to drawing certain figures or shapes, and some went beyond that and started using new tools for writing other than ink and papers, and to learn naskh calligraphy, some The important steps are:
Provide the correct example
And this is through the presence of a teacher who masters the Naskh script, or any other means that shows the way to draw the letters of the Naskh script in its correct form, and provides that example for the learner, and the learning is by imitation, then repeating the writing more than once until mastering the drawing, and it is advised to start with learning the method of drawing each letter on sharpness, then it is drawn inside a word, where the way the letter is written appears at the beginning, middle and end of the word.
Use of technology
Naskh writing can be learned through some computer applications, which show the method of drawing the letter in a simple and easy way. Drawing the letter can be repeated more than once to master it. These programs also show the movement of the hand while writing.
Participate in Arabic calligraphy courses
It is also recommended to join a training program that helps master Naskh script, as these courses are usually held by specialists in this field, where they train learners continuously, and follow their development in writing, and a person can specialize in a specific type of font such as Naskh script.
The most important rules of writing in Naskh script
The letters in the Naskh script are divided into two parts, where there is a group of letters written on the line such as: Faa’, Baa’, and Ta’a, and letters written under the line such as: Noon, Yaa, Zai, and Ra’a.
There are letters that are obliterated in the Naskh script, such as: the letter Ain, and the letter Meem in the middle of the word.
It is required to form the letters in the Naskh script, especially the basic vowels, such as: dammah, kasra, fatha, and tanween.
