Kufic

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic

DISCLAIMER: This script is still being researched

Data

ISO 15924 Arab 160
Family Arabic Scripts
Earliest Date 700 CE
Latest Date 1200 CE

Overview

It is an angular Arabic Script used to copy the Qur'an. It is the oldest Islamic script and is not in much use anymore.

Bibliography

Author Year Publication Publisher
Coulmas, Florian 1999 The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Writing Systems, 251-280 Blackwell Publishing