“Every curve and shape is a choice, not decoration,” Shaqa Bovand on the art of Arabic type design

English typography, by contrast, was largely shaped by the printing press in the West, while Arabic letterforms evolved ...
Harper's Bazaar

"I'm an NHS doctor teaching people calligraphy in my spare time"

Sneha Narayan is an NHS doctor working directly with COVID-19 patients. In her spare time, she has been creating Instagram tutorials on calligraphy, her other big passion outside of medicine, to ...
The Tribune

I am on a mission to revive calligraphy: Kamaljeet

Kamaljeet Kaur, a Ludhiana-based calligrapher says she worships Gurmukhi calligraphy. The versatile calligrapher has made a mark for herself in the profession worldwide. After some successful ...
The Express Tribune

Calligraphy exhibition: ‘I use colours so the painting can be matched with décor’

LAHORE: On a 36 by 84 inches canvas, Saima Ashfaq Abbasi, has rendered the 99 attributive names of God in Kufic style. Each name is written four times along with Surah Al-Rahman against a turquoise ...
The Atlantic

I Sent All My Text Messages in Calligraphy for a Week

I got my first mobile phone when I was in high school. It was 2005, and the feeling of “cool” overwhelmed me. Text messaging was something sacred in those days. I was allotted 200 messages per month.