The Persian word for calligraphy is "khoshnevisi" and a calligrapher is known as "khoshnevis". Calligraphy is also synonymous with khat (literally, line or script) and khat neveshtan (writing script).

Thus many of them are now lovingly collecting items of Iranian Calligraphy. “Nastaliq” is the most popular contemporary style among classical Persian calligraphy scripts. It is known as ...

Craftsmen mounted the calligraphy in books, often inside gold borders and alongside elaborate illustrations. This folio dates to the 16th century. Freer/Sackler Gallery A Persian calligraphy that ...

Image courtesy of Karim Jabbari Calligraphy—and calligraphers—have resisted new technologies for centuries. For starters, Arabic and its sibling, Persian, used non-Latin alphabets that made ...

The most stirring pieces in the show meld these different influences. “Returning to the language of his childhood home, Noushin incorporates Persian calligraphy in many of his paintings and sculptures ...

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam.