The Ruqaa script is relatively one of the modern Arabic calligraphies, it was invented by the Ottomans in 1280 Hijri, Its rules were set during the reign of Sultan “Abdul Majid Khan” by his advisor and calligrapher “Mumtaz Bik “, It was used for editorial purposes, such as administrative papers and letters, hence the name (The word “RUQAA” means an old type of paper that was used in the past for letters and administrative communications..) so it became the script of official transactions in all state departments. Even it became called Ottoman calligraphy in Turkey.
At one time, it replaced the Naskh script which became a sacred script specialized in writing the Qur’an and Holy hadiths
Who published the Ruqaa font in the Arab world?
The Ruqaa font wasn’t only famous and used in Turkey, but it became very popular, especially in the Arab Mashreq.
The calligrapher “Naguib Bey”, the scribe of “King Farouk”, was the first to use it in Egypt, then The first editor-in-chief of “Al-Ahram” newspaper “Adly Boulos”, furthermore it was promoted in Lebanon by the calligrapher “Kamel Baba”.
Witch Specifics for Ruqaa font?
Ruqaa calligraphy is characterized by its ease of reading even without diacritics, speed of writing, and far from complicated, its letters are measured by the point, moreover it is the most common and used style in the mass of Arab countries.
It is distinguished by the fact that it doesn’t need diacritical marks except for necessities (such as writing the Noble Qur’an, for example, the artwork below).
Ruqaa calligraphy is characterized by its ease of reading even without diacritics, speed of writing, and far from complicated, its letters are measured by the point, moreover it is the most common and used style in the mass of Arab countries.
It is distinguished by the fact that it doesn’t need diacritical marks except for necessities (such as writing the Noble Qur’an, for example, the artwork below).
Its letters are short, straight, and interrupted, and they are blurred, except for the fa’ (ف) at the beginning of the word, the Qafe (ق) in the middle of the word, and the waw (و) , the cafe (ق), the Iyn (ع), and the meem (م) at the end of the word.
The calligrapher tilts his pen to the lower right when drawing, which facilitates and speeds up writing
The Ruqaa script remains one of the basic calligraphic fonts from which several other fonts have branched off. It is the essential calligraphy style that the learner begins to practice and learn before learning the other styles, according to the ease of its rules and distinctive basics. It is characterized by the ease of learning.
It is used in regular daily writing, printing, magazines, etc., to facilitate reading for the public and get their attention through it.
If you like the Ruqaa calligraphy style and want to use it for a personal or professional purpose or to make a painting, you should use emashq.
emshaq provides you with the right platform to achieve your purpose and more, offering you the finest lines of the Giants of the patch line in a diverse ready-made template that combines the originality of the line, its identity, modern installation, diversity, and creativity in an easy-to-use way, all without deviating from its rules.
emshaq provides about 1000 shapes of Ruqaa characters that enable you to compose the word or phrase in more than one way until you reach the conception that suits you, using the tool of shape editing, move the blocks, and put the appropriate Ruqaa diacritics “Tashkil“. But don’t forget that one of the features of the script is that it doesn’t need diacritics marks except for necessities!
emshaq allows you to create in a convenient way. Then export your work in different formats according to your need; for printing or for publication on the Internet or social media.
In addition to the ease of use and efficiency of the Emashq platform, it offers you a comprehensive and simplified user guide for all its tools, including illustrations.
Here we present to you some models from our Facebook page
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