Nastaʿlīq

E27655
calligraphic script style writing system style

Nastaʿlīq is an elegant, flowing calligraphic style of the Perso-Arabic script historically associated with Persian literary and artistic traditions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Nastaliq 7
Nastaʿlīq script 6
Nastaʿlīq canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf calligraphic script style ⓘ
writing system style ⓘ
aestheticReputation flowing and graceful script ⓘ
most elegant style of Persian calligraphy ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Mughal culture ⓘ
Persian culture ⓘ
South Asian Muslim culture ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Iran ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
creatorTraditionallyAttributedTo Mir Ali Tabrizi ⓘ
developedFrom Naskh script ⓘ
Taliq script ⓘ
surface form: Taʿlīq script
difficultyLevel considered difficult to typeset digitally ⓘ
digitalImplementation OpenType font technology ⓘ
specialized calligraphic layout engines ⓘ
hasVariant Nastaʿlīq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq
historicalOriginPeriod 14th century ⓘ
influenced contemporary Persian graphic design ⓘ
modern Urdu typography ⓘ
primaryLanguage Persian language ⓘ
requires advanced ligature handling ⓘ
complex contextual letter shaping ⓘ
scriptFamily Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script
typicalUse Persian poetry manuscripts ⓘ
architectural inscriptions ⓘ
book titles and headings ⓘ
literary calligraphy panels ⓘ
religious and devotional texts in Persian ⓘ
royal decrees and documents ⓘ
usedByCommunity Persian-speaking communities ⓘ
South Asian diaspora communities ⓘ
Urdu-speaking communities ⓘ
usedForLanguage Balochi ⓘ
surface form: Balochi language

Kashmiri language ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Turkish language

Pashto language ⓘ
Shahmukhi script ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi language (Shahmukhi)

Saraiki ⓘ
surface form: Saraiki language

Urdu language ⓘ
visualCharacteristic dense word clusters ⓘ
diagonal baseline ⓘ
elongated horizontal strokes ⓘ
hanging appearance of letters ⓘ
minimal use of straight lines ⓘ
sweeping curves ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystem Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perso-Arabic script → dominantStyleForPersian → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
Urdu language → writingSystem → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
subject surface form: Urdu
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Arabic calligraphy → hasStyle → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq → hasVariant → Nastaʿlīq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shekasteh Nastaʿlīq
Shahmukhi script → typicalCalligraphicStyle → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Islamic art → usesScript → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Lashkari Zaban → writingSystemVariant → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Taliq script → influenced → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Taliq script → distinctFrom → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Khowar → script → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Kashmiri language → writingSystem → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Persian culture → hasPart → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian calligraphy
Mir Ali Tabrizi → knownFor → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿlīq script
Mir Ali Tabrizi → artisticStyle → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
Mir Ali Tabrizi → scriptDeveloped → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
Arabic-script typography → usesCalligraphicModel → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaʿliq
Diwan-e-Ghalib → originalScriptVariant → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Dast-e-Saba → scriptVariant → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Sar-e-Wadi-e-Sina → scriptVariant → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Torwali → writingSystem → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nastaliq
Dakhni Urdu masnavis → scriptVariant → Nastaʿlīq ⓘ