Ruqʿah script
Arabic script variety used in handwriting
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Ruqʿah ( Arabic : رُقعة ) or Riqʿah ( رِقعة ) 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. [1] The Ottoman calligraphers Mumtaz Efendi [2] (1810–1872) and Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801–1876) are credited with canonizing the writing style. [1]
It is not to be confused with the much older reqāʿ ( رِقَاع ) style [3] — one of the six traditional Arabic scripts ( al-aqlām as-sittah , الْأَقْلَام السِّتَّة ).
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 . [4] [5]
The demonstration underneath is not typical since it uses full vowels, which are rarely used in handwriting:
![Ruqʿah example](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Riqa.png)
If one of the ruqʿah style fonts is installed, the following should appear as the above image sample:
Gallery
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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.
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A letter hand written by Jurji Zaydan
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Height of the letter Alif
Typefaces
Examples of a modern digital typeface rendering Arabic text in this style, are:
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ 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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