Reqa

Reqa ( Arabic رقاع, DMG Riqāʿ ) is one of the six scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy . It was often used for private correspondence on small papers or for non-religious books and texts. Ebn-e-Nadim mentioned in his book Al-fehrest that the inventor of the Reqa script was Fadl ibn Sahl . The script was one of the most popular typefaces among the Ottomans . Reqa gradually became simpler by other calligraphers and transformed into a new script called Roqa, which is one of the most common scripts in Arab countries today.

Reqa later evolved into a simplified form called Ruqʿa .

Individual evidence

↑ Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda : Dictionary of Dehchoda . University of Tehran, 1945, ISBN 978-964-03-9617-9 (Persian: Farhang-e-Dehkhoda .).

[1] Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda : Dictionary of Dehchoda . University of Tehran, 1945, ISBN 978-964-03-9617-9 (Persian: Farhang-e-Dehkhoda .).