Arabic and English Handwriting sample

[Wwillco]

I was asked to provide a sample of my normal script, so here it is- there is a reason I don't write in English much; normally, I type everything and only print Arabic or Greek. Any constructive criticism of either the Arabic or English would be great- thanks.

[tknechtel]

Nice handwriting, I'm jealous! What pen did you use for the Arabic?

Tom

[Achim]

I was asked to provide a sample of my normal script, so here it is- there is a reason I don't write in English much; normally, I type everything and only print Arabic or Greek. Any constructive criticism of either the Arabic or English would be great- thanks.

 

Thank you! Much better than the "Copperplate" example you gave. Slant is more consistent.

As of the Arabic: I have not the slightest idea if it's written nicely - just some mazy lines for me .

 

Best, Achim.

 

 

[Wwillco]

Nice handwriting, I'm jealous! What pen did you use for the Arabic?

Tom

 

The Arabic was written with a Pel M200 with a Binder Arabic/Hebrew Semetic nib; just got it in this week and I'm finding most of my handwritten stuff is going to Arabic fast, as I have a pen now that supports.

The English writing- long way to go there, I'm afraid. I've got to kill 10 years of engineering writing- all caps, strewn about like pick-up sticks...

 

 

I was asked to provide a sample of my normal script, so here it is- there is a reason I don't write in English much; normally, I type everything and only print Arabic or Greek. Any constructive criticism of either the Arabic or English would be great- thanks.

 

Thank you! Much better than the "Copperplate" example you gave. Slant is more consistent.

As of the Arabic: I have not the slightest idea if it's written nicely - just some mazy lines for me .

 

Best, Achim.

 

Thanks, appreciate it.

The Arabic is written in a style called Ruq'ah, which is the way you would normally write a note, or an entry into a journal. Nasksh is what most people are used to seeing; its the printed script that is typewritten and can be seen on Arabic tv. It looks way better, but is really impractical to recreate with a pen. Takes way too long, generally, and doesn't look very good. The way the language looked when written down is the reason I started to learn it- those "mazy" lines are pretty interesting lookin, I think

[Renzhe]

Searching for Naskh and Ruq'ah on Wikipedia, I see there are other scripts such as Kufic, Thuluth, Diwani, Muhaqqaq, Maghrebi, Hejazi, and Mashq. I think I like Kufic the most.

[Wwillco]

Searching for Naskh and Ruq'ah on Wikipedia, I see there are other scripts such as Kufic, Thuluth, Diwani, Muhaqqaq, Maghrebi, Hejazi, and Mashq. I think I like Kufic the most.

 

Kufic looks cool, but I really wouldn't want to attempt to write it. I think the most far out script that I have tried is similar to the Maghrebi style, and that took forever. I was also not using the correct pens and paper for an undertaking like that, so I might have to give it another shot.