The line that replaces the two dots of the yāʼ beneath helps us guess that it is indeed a yāʼ. There are certain Arabic writing styles such as the “Naskh” style and the “Ruq’ah” style which are used for calligraphy but have also led to endless variations in people’s handwriting.

[7][8], "مشروع الخط الأميري :: Amiri Font Project", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naskh_(script)&oldid=938325176, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2020, at 14:20. [citation needed]. The origins of the cursive method are associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill.

[3] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. After World War II, the ballpoint pen was mass-produced and sold for a cheap price, changing the way people wrote. This term in turn derives from Latin currere ("to run, hasten").

With their design, it was guaranteed that the ink would not smudge, as it would with the earlier design of pen, and it no longer required the careful penmanship one would use with the older design of pen. [18], In 2012, the American states of Indiana and Hawaii announced that their schools will no longer be required to teach cursive (but will still be permitted to), and instead will be required to teach "keyboard proficiency". You can search for “tracing” on my blog if you want to try to recreate something for Arabic—- as you’ll see in the post, the idea came from a children’s book of Japanese literature that encouraged kids to both trace the letters and read the stories with their parents.

The line that replaces the two dots of the yāʼ beneath helps us guess that it is indeed a yāʼ. There are certain Arabic writing styles such as the “Naskh” style and the “Ruq’ah” style which are used for calligraphy but have also led to endless variations in people’s handwriting.

[7][8], "مشروع الخط الأميري :: Amiri Font Project", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naskh_(script)&oldid=938325176, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2020, at 14:20. [citation needed]. The origins of the cursive method are associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill.

[3] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. After World War II, the ballpoint pen was mass-produced and sold for a cheap price, changing the way people wrote. This term in turn derives from Latin currere ("to run, hasten").

With their design, it was guaranteed that the ink would not smudge, as it would with the earlier design of pen, and it no longer required the careful penmanship one would use with the older design of pen. [18], In 2012, the American states of Indiana and Hawaii announced that their schools will no longer be required to teach cursive (but will still be permitted to), and instead will be required to teach "keyboard proficiency". You can search for “tracing” on my blog if you want to try to recreate something for Arabic—- as you’ll see in the post, the idea came from a children’s book of Japanese literature that encouraged kids to both trace the letters and read the stories with their parents.

The line that replaces the two dots of the yāʼ beneath helps us guess that it is indeed a yāʼ. There are certain Arabic writing styles such as the “Naskh” style and the “Ruq’ah” style which are used for calligraphy but have also led to endless variations in people’s handwriting.

[7][8], "مشروع الخط الأميري :: Amiri Font Project", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naskh_(script)&oldid=938325176, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2020, at 14:20. [citation needed]. The origins of the cursive method are associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill.

[3] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. After World War II, the ballpoint pen was mass-produced and sold for a cheap price, changing the way people wrote. This term in turn derives from Latin currere ("to run, hasten").

With their design, it was guaranteed that the ink would not smudge, as it would with the earlier design of pen, and it no longer required the careful penmanship one would use with the older design of pen. [18], In 2012, the American states of Indiana and Hawaii announced that their schools will no longer be required to teach cursive (but will still be permitted to), and instead will be required to teach "keyboard proficiency". You can search for “tracing” on my blog if you want to try to recreate something for Arabic—- as you’ll see in the post, the idea came from a children’s book of Japanese literature that encouraged kids to both trace the letters and read the stories with their parents.

The line that replaces the two dots of the yāʼ beneath helps us guess that it is indeed a yāʼ. There are certain Arabic writing styles such as the “Naskh” style and the “Ruq’ah” style which are used for calligraphy but have also led to endless variations in people’s handwriting.

[7][8], "مشروع الخط الأميري :: Amiri Font Project", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naskh_(script)&oldid=938325176, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 January 2020, at 14:20. [citation needed]. The origins of the cursive method are associated with practical advantages of writing speed and infrequent pen-lifting to accommodate the limitations of the quill.

[3] Naskh uses a horizontal base line; in situations where one character starts within the tail of the preceding letter, the base line is broken and raised. After World War II, the ballpoint pen was mass-produced and sold for a cheap price, changing the way people wrote. This term in turn derives from Latin currere ("to run, hasten").

With their design, it was guaranteed that the ink would not smudge, as it would with the earlier design of pen, and it no longer required the careful penmanship one would use with the older design of pen. [18], In 2012, the American states of Indiana and Hawaii announced that their schools will no longer be required to teach cursive (but will still be permitted to), and instead will be required to teach "keyboard proficiency". You can search for “tracing” on my blog if you want to try to recreate something for Arabic—- as you’ll see in the post, the idea came from a children’s book of Japanese literature that encouraged kids to both trace the letters and read the stories with their parents.