Editing Arabic calligraphy (section)

=== Kufic ===
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[[File:Qur'an folio 11th century kufic.jpg|thumb|Qur'an folio 11th century kufic]]
Originally used for inscription on stone and metal, the Kufic style of Arabic calligraphy received its name due to its birth in the city of [[Kufa]], Iraq. This script is one of the oldest scripts used in Arabic and [[Islamic calligraphy]]; due to this, the style has undergone many evolutions and changes in its life course, as many attempts were made to perfect it. However, this also led to the development of many different variations of this script, such as the floriated Kufic, square Kufic, knotted Kufic, and many others. This also means there are few distinguishing features of the Kufic script.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |title=أنواع الخطوط وأشكالها المختلفة |url=https://www.baianat.com/ar/books/arabic-calligraphy-culture/types-of-fonts-and-its-different-shapes |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=بيانات |language=ar-Eg}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=September 2024}}

The Kufic style has been used almost exclusively for Arabic, as opposed to other languages, such as [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]], that are written in systems derived from Arabic; a single exception to this is a series of Persian rhymes found on a building in [[Ghazni]] from the 11th century.{{Sfn|Schimmel|Rivolta|1992|p=6}}