Creative Mornings speaker Mamoun Sakkal’s typographic work extends to a prolific display of Arabic calligraphy. There’s multiple variations that Mamoun’s skill shines through and to start us off, here’s an example of poetry set in the elegant Tuluth round style. It reads "Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do". 

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And here’s some playful Zoomorphic Calligraphy. This is a Persian poem set in the shape of a tiger, with an example following of how one would read the poem, starting at #1 and rotating clockwise to the head at #13. Translated, "Salimah, my love, remember the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you."

(images via sakkal.com)

Kufic Calligraphy, an ancient form of Arabic script. Here are some examples wedding monograms that incorporate the bride and groom’s name that made in the Eastern Kufi Style. 

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Mamoun has also designed work in a Square Kufic style, which is used for tiling as an architectural detail. Below are examples of custom work for a home in Spain, featuring Qur’anic text set in glass mosaic tiles.

(images via sakkal.com)

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