Naskh (script)

Nashi Arab قلم النسخ, DMG qalam to Nash, or الخط النسخي, DMG al - hat- to - Nashi, nasaḫa of نسخ, DMG, ( copy, copy ) is the name for all Arab italics, among other things, were used for copying books and especially for the educated in the Ottoman Empire style with which she was the model for the Arab work typefaces.

The first codification of Scripture with geometric means goes back to the calligrapher Ibn Muqla ( 885/6-20. 940 in July ). Due to their elegance and their readability replaced them from the 10th century gradually the older Kufi as the main font for the writing of the Koran and soon became the dominant Arabic font. The description of the characteristics of the Prophet Mohammed in the hilya were often carried out in Nashi ductus.