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Ruqʿah script
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Ruqʿah (Arabic: رُقعة) or Riqʿah (Arabic: رِقعة) is a writing style of Arabic script intended for the rapid production of texts. It is a relatively simple and plain style, used for everyday writing and often used for signs.[1] The Ottoman calligraphers Mumtaz Efendi[2] (1810–1872) and Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801–1876) are credited with standardizing the writing style which had existed in slightly different styles as everyday handwriting.[1]
It is not to be confused with the much older reqāʿ (رِقَاع) style.[3]
Description and usage
[edit]Ruqʿah is the most common type of handwriting in the Arabic script. It is known for its clipped letters composed of short, straight lines and simple curves, as well as its straight and even lines of text. It was probably derived from the Thuluth and Naskh styles.
Unlike other types of calligraphy, ruqʿah is not considered as an art form. Instead, it is a functional style of writing that is quick to write and easy to read. Every literate Ottoman was expected to be able to use the ruqʿah.[4][5]
The demonstration below is not typical since it uses full vowels, which are rarely used in handwriting:
If one of the ruqʿah style fonts is installed, the following text should appear as the above image sample:
The same text without a ruqʿah style font (typically naskh):
خَيْر للمَرء أن يَمُوتَ فِى سَبِيل فِكرَتِه مِنْ أنْ يَعِيشَ طُولَ الدَهْرِ جَبَانًا عَن نِصْرةِ وَطَنِه
Gallery
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Street sign in Jerusalem (Old City) -
The numerals 23 appear in Ruqʿah style (
) differently from Naskh (٢٣). -
A letter hand written by Jurji Zaydan -
Height of the letter Alif
Typefaces
[edit]Examples of modern digital typefaces rendering Arabic text in this style, are:
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nemeth, Titus (2017). Arabic type-making in the Machine Age. The influence of technology on the form of Arabic type, 1908–1993. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-30377-5. OCLC 993032900.
- ^ "Hattat Ebûbekir Mümtâz Efendi kimdir? Ebûbekir Mümtâz Efendi hayatı ve eserleri - Ketebe". www.ketebe.org. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ J. R. Osborn (2017). Letters of Light: Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design. Harvard University Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780674978584.
- ^ Uğur Derman, M. (1998). "The Art of Turkish Calligraphy". Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Istanbul. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 20.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Medlej, Joumana (10 November 2014). "Creative Arabic Calligraphy for Beginners: Introduction". EnvatoTuts. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "GitHub – aliftype/Aref-ruqaa: Aref Ruqaa (رقعة عارف) is a Ruqaa typeface". GitHub. 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Rakkas: Designed by Zeynep Akay". Google Fonts. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "B Arabic Style Font". Fonts2U. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Layla Ruqaa". Font Library. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
See also
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