Arabic Calligraphy around the World

We brought together these rare calligraphic examples into this carefully designed calendar, revealing the origins, diverse history and beautiful letterforms of Arabic calligraphy around the world. The calendar’s underlay gold lustre cover and spot UV with gloss highlighting for the lettering to emulate wet ink. These features were set against a matte background for contrast.

Picture shows an example of stylised Shikaste calligraphy in the shape of a bird; 19th c. Tehran