All these rules are known to a calligrapher, whose expertise is the writing of Urdu in a simple and beautiful font. Nasrullah Mehr is one such Pakistani calligrapher.

My calligraphy is unique because it is easy to read,” he said. Some renowned calligraphers are caught up with beautifying a canvas but their writing is hard to make out, he said.

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam. The ...

Despite the challenges, calligraphy survives in Hyderabad. City historian Sajjad Shahid says: “During the late 1800s and early 1900s, Urdu began losing its status as a government language up north.

With an unlikely start as a textile embroiderer, Siddiqui eventually found his forte in calligraphy in Urdu, Hindi, Hebrew, Tibetan, Persian, Pashto, English and different Indian languages from ...

An exhibition depicting the evolution of Urdu calligraphy - one of the most ornate alphabet writings - from the confines of fine print into a high art form was inaugurated at the Jamia Millia ...