Ruqʿa
Ruq'a (رقعة) is a style of Arabic calligraphy . While modern printed scripts are based on the traditional Nasch , the Ruq'a is now the standard model for common manuscripts in Arabic Mashrek .
features
In the Ruq'a only three letter forms have descenders: the ending and isolated forms of 'ayn ﻉ / ġayn ﻍ, mīm ﻡ and ḥā' ﺡ / ḫā ' ﺥ / ǧīm ﺝ, i.e. H. In contrast to the nasch, the end and the isolated forms of nūn ﻥ, yā ' ي and lām ﻝ sit on the writing line (have no descender); rā ' ﺭ, zāy ﺯ and wāw ﻭ end on the writing line (also have no descenders).
Two points are connected to a horizontal line, three points to a circumflex-like hook. In the final and isolated forms of nūn ﻥ, qāf ﻕ, ḍād ﺽ and šīn ﺵ, the dots are usually not written separately as dots, but rather attached to the letter as a hook.
use
Books and newspapers today are mostly printed in Nasch, while titles and headlines are often printed in Ruq'a.
See also
literature
- Terence F. Mitchell : Writing Arabic. A practical introduction to the Ruq'ah script . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 10 1990.