A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet Sketchbook it includes essays by Aisha

it includes essays by Aisha Astoby and Adel Khozam

Alexis Taylor

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A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet Sketchbook it includes essays by AishaIn this comprehensive introduction the authors trace the origins of the Arabic alphabet back to Aramaic, which also gave rise to the Hebrew and Greek alphabets. Using detailed illustrations, the authors investigate early Islamic inscriptions as well as classical Arabic scripts. John F. Healey and G. Rex Smith bring the story up to the present day by examining the practice of calligraphy, printing and computing in Arabic. Softcover 128 pages