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' ( ar, رُقعة) or ' () is a writing style of Arabic script intended for the rapid production of texts. It a relatively simple and plain style, used for everyday writing and often used for signs. The Ottoman calligraphers
If one of the ruqʿah style fonts is installed, the following should appear as the above image sample:
File:Al-Ishtrakeyia Journal (Young Egypt party).jpg, Ruqʿah as a display typeface: A 1951 edition of the Young Egypt Party journal ''Al-Ishtirakiyya''. Ruqʿah is used for the headlines, Naskh for body text.
File:خط جرجي زيدان.jpg, A letter hand written by Jurji Zaydan
File:حرف الألف بالرقعة.png, Height of the letter
Mumtaz Efendi
Mumtaz ( ar, ممتاز) is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. ''Mumtazah'' is a related female versio ...
(1810–1872) and Mustafa Izzet Efendi Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi ( ota, مصطفى عزت, Modern Turkish: ''Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi'') (alternative: Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi, Seyyid Mustafa) (b. 1801 Tosya – d. 16 November 1876 Istanbul), was an Ottoman composer, ne ...
(1801–1876) are credited with canonizing the writing style.
It is not to be confused with the much older '' reqāʿ'' () style — one of the six traditional Arabic scripts (''al-aqlām al-sittah'', ).
Description and usage
''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''. It was widely used in theOttoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
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The demonstration underneath 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 should appear as the above image sample:
خَيْر للمَرء أن يَمُوتَ فِى سَبِيل فِكرَتِه مِنْ أنْ يَعِيشَ طُولَ الدَهْرِ جَبَانًا عَن نِصْرةِ وَطَنِه
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Alif
Alif may refer to:
Languages
* Alif (ا) in the Arabic alphabet, equivalent to aleph, the first letter of many Semitic alphabets
** Dagger alif, superscript alif in Arabic alphabet
* Alif, the first letter of the Urdu alphabet
* Alif, the eighth ...
Typefaces
Examples of a modern digital typeface rendering Arabic text in this style, are: * ''Aref Ruqaa'' by Abdullah Aref * ''Rakkas'' by Zeynep Akay * ''Waseem'' on iOS * ''B Arabic Style'' by Borna Rayaneh * ''Layla Ruqaa'' by Mohammed IsamReferences
See also
*Diwani
Diwani is a calligraphic variety of Arabic script, a cursive style developed during the reign of the early Ottoman Turks (16th century - early 17th century). It reached its height of popularity under Süleyman I the Magnificent (1520–1566). ...
* Naskh (script)
Naskh ( ar, , qalam an-naskh, from the verb , , 'to copy', from n-s-kh root (ن-س-خ)) is a smaller, round script of Islamic calligraphy. Naskh is one of the first scripts of Islamic calligraphy to develop, commonly used in writing administrati ...
* Nastaʿlīq script
''Nastaliq'' (; fa, , ), also romanized as ''Nastaʿlīq'', is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write the Perso-Arabic script in the Persian and Urdu languages, often used also for Ottoman Turkish poetry, rarely for Arabic. ''Nas ...
* Taʿlīq script
The taʿlīq () script is a style in Islamic calligraphy designed specifically to satisfy the needs of the Persian language. It emerged in the mid-13th century from gradual changes in the '' naskh'' style, and also incorporated influences from '' ...
* Cursive
Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functional ...
* Handwriting
Handwriting is the writing done with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil, in the hand. Handwriting includes both printing and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface
A typeface (or font family) is ...
Arabic calligraphy
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