An Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy (Calligraphy, 1)
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An Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy (Calligraphy, 1)

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An Introduction to Arabic Calligraphy (Calligraphy, 1)

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T**D

Good!

Great images and examples for my calligraphy practicing

T**R

A decent reference, not a practical way to learn Arabic calligraphy

This book is more of a birds-eye, theoretical introduction to Arabic calligraphy, as opposed to a tutorial to someone who wants to learn to write it. With that said, it does have some practical information, and it is a decent resource for anyone interested in the subject.

N**E

Nice

Great beginning text.

A**R

Brilliant

Brilliant

R**A

Beautiful book, some sloppy mistakes

This book was originally written in French and later translated into English, but the translator was sloppy and not all of the text was edited properly.In the first picture I uploaded, you can see that one of the captions was simply not translated into English at all.In the second picture, the caption states “Links for Sin (and Chin)”. “Chin” is based on the French pronunciation, this should have been written as “Shin” (ش) in this English version. “Chin” in English is a different sound, written as (چ) in Urdu, Farsi, and other languages, doesn’t even exist in the Arabic alphabet.The third photo reflects more of a personal opinion than pointing out mistakes- identifying that letter as “jim” (ج) might be confusing to a learner, when you’re presenting the letter WITHOUT a dot, so it’s technically “Ha” (ح).Beautiful illustrations and photos, and great explanations. It’s a shame that the editing was done so poorly.

G**R

Beautifully printed, wonderful photos etc

Beautifully printed, wonderful photos etc., but could really use more pages with instruction on starting. I mainly use YouTube and there's some solid, free videos on the different khat forms. This book is still a wonderful way to practice the alphabet in different forms.

S**E

What's with the packaging?

The book is nice and I'll be giving it to my friend as a gift. However I don't understand why it was shipped in such a large box (refer to photo). Felt extremely wasteful

D**P

Nice resource for writing Arabic.

A gift for my wife, who is learning written Arabic. Helpful in showing stroke order and varied techniques.

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