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Long Arabic | Font

"Unlike the compact, geometric Kufic, the cursive Thuluth script employs dramatic vertical extensions and sweeping horizontal connectors, creating a majestic 'long' visual flow. This essay explores how master calligraphers like Ibn Muqla and Yaqut al-Musta'simi codified proportional systems that allowed certain letters— alif , lām , kāf —to stretch across the page, transforming Arabic writing into architecture."

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