3. Outline
• History of Arabic calligraphy
• Kelk
• Samples from Kelk
– Al moalla font and Al Tuluth font
– Al Nastaliq and Al Kuffi font
– Al Naskh and Diwani Al Kuffi font
• How to use
– Fonts
– Saving and designing
• Photoshop CS 5
• Game
4. History of Arabic calligraphy
• The Islamic calligraphies have a history since
the start of Islamic civilization and its become
more impressive within Ottoman Empire era.
• Technology era …..
In that time, masters were the only people who were talented in Arabic. It took many years to be able master one type of Islamic calligraphies, thus in technology days, programs help to make it easy for normal people to make Islamic calligraphy like in Microsoft word and so on. Kelk is one of these programs but in more professional way.
Kelk is one of these programs but in more professional way. This program shows the different style of writing within a calligraphy, for example, one littler will written in several different shapes, depends on which calligraphy you chose. This picture is the front face of the programe.
Nastaliq is an Persian font
By watching this short movie or clip that was captured by Jing program, you will now the basic of using Kelk.How to change fonts and how can you save it with Pdf Factory Pro program, and using Photoshop to create a nice picture.
