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[Machjo]

I was wondering what font you would recommend for someone starting to learn to write the Arabic script.

One site recommended Djerba Simplified:

http://www.azfonts.n..._font/djsn.html

What are your thoughts on this as a model handwriting font, or is there any better option you could recommend?

Thanks.

[ImamAliLover]

i recommend that at first you just work on making your handwriting as neat as possible until you get a good handle of it, then experiment and find a style that you like or even make your own style.

Like me personally, i like sticking with using neat handwriting if i can, but if i have to write something in a hurry (like writing notes in class) then i lean towards the Farsi/Urdu nastaliq script because it saves time and is also nice and artistic:

Edited by ImamAliLover, 12 August 2011 - 02:54 PM.

[yassameen]

naskh

http://www.4shared.c.../book-nask.html

[Machjo]

ImamAliLover, on 12 August 2011 - 02:53 PM, said:

i recommend that at first you just work on making your handwriting as neat as possible until you get a good handle of it, then experiment and find a style that you like or even make your own style.

Like me personally, i like sticking with using neat handwriting if i can, but if i have to write something in a hurry (like writing notes in class) then i lean towards the Farsi/Urdu nastaliq script because it saves time and is also nice and artistic:

Thank you for your comment.

Though I agree that one must develop his own style eventually in any language, it is useful in the initial stages to have a model worth copying otherwise we have no point of reference. Perhaps I should have clarified in the beginning that I'm only starting to learn to write Arabic letters.

Thanks for your comment though; I will certainly look to see if there is any nastaliq font I could learn from.

yassameen, on 12 August 2011 - 10:51 PM, said:

naskh

http://www.4shared.c.../book-nask.html

Thanks. I'll definitely look into it.