Calligraphy Name

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Calligraphy is one type of art work that emphasizes the beauty that is contained in the forms of letters that have been modified or in celebration so that it has aesthetic value in Arabic.

In its development there are many kinds of calligraphy style, not all khath survive until today. There are eight types of popular calligraphy that is known by the art lovers of calligraphy namely;

1. Khat Naskhi

Naskhi style calligraphy is most commonly used by the people of Islam, both for writing religious scripts and daily writing. Naskhi style including the oldest style of calligraphy writing. Since the writing rules are formulated systematically by ibnu muqlah in the 10th century, this style of calligraphy is very popular used to write the Qur'anic manuscripts until now. Simple letter characters, almost without additional decoration, so easy to write and read.

2. Khat Tsuluts

Tsuluts style calligraphy is a minister of arabic language in the time of the abbasiyah caliphate. Style tsuluts are widely used as architectural ornaments of mosques, book covers, and interior decorations, and so forth.

3. Khat Farisi

Calligraphy style farisi developed by Persians and became the official letter of this nation since the dynasty era until now. This style is widely used as the exterior decoration of the mosque in iran, which is usually combined with colorful arabes.

4. khat riq'ah

This calligraphy is the result of the development of calligraphy style naskhi and tsuluts. The characters are very simple, without alphabet, making it possible to write quickly.

5. Khat Ijasah

Calligraphy style of diploma (raihani) is a blend of tsuluts and naskhi style, developed by calligrapher daulah experts. Character letters such as tsuluts, but more simple, slightly additional decoration, and not commonly written in stacks

6. Khat Diwani

This calligraphy was developed by the ibrahim munif calligrapher. Then, perfected by shaykh hamdullah and calligrapher daulah usmani in turki end of the 15th century and early 16th century. The character of this style is round and not in character. The beauty of his writing depends on his line of play which sometimes on certain letters rises or decreases.

7. Khat Diwani Jali

This calligraphy is a diwani style development. This style of calligraphy was introduced by hafiz usman, a prominent calligrapher to be usmani in turkey. Usually, this model is used for applications that are not functional, such as interior decoration of mosques or decorative objects.

8. Kufi Khat

Calligraphy kufi style, its writing is widely used for copying al quran early period. Therefore, this kufi style is the oldest model of writing among all styles of calligraphy. This style was first developed in the city of kufah, Iraq, which is one of the most important cities in the history of Islamic civilization since the 7th century.

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