When a calligrapher is learning a script, the first task is to write each letter out quite literally hundreds of times, and measure them according to Ibn Muqlah’s rules.
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| Kufi Maghribi script 5th-11th c. |
Brion Gysin had a lifelong fascination with the juncture of word and image. Advanced in the practice of Japanese and Arabic calligraphy scripts, He evolved his own style of word/image glyphs as supple as flames or tendrils of smoke.
