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The Naskh Script
Before the ninth century, there were a variety of rectilinear scripts but after the 10th century, broken cursive emerged. It was canonized by Ibn Muqla . However, the broken cursive style of writing remained problematic because it was not compact and continued to be elongated, such as specific letterforms extending horizontally. Between the 10th and 11th century, Ibn al-bawwab transformed the broken cursive into a rounder script to make them eligible for readers to read. The scripts were grouped and called the six pens: riqa, muhaqqaq, raayan, naskh, thuluth, and tumar. The round script is clear and compressed, which made the flow of the text readable . The OSU manuscript of The Qur’an thus follows Ibn Al bawwab’s development of naskh, which means copying. Naskh is a balance between flat and round shapes of letters with a mix of thin and thick strokes. The round script of Naskh makes it readable by modern readers. It is currently the modern typography that standardized the Naskh script of The Qur’an.
The Naskh Script
Before the ninth century, there were a variety of rectilinear scripts but after the 10th century, broken cursive emerged. It was canonized by Ibn Muqla . However, the broken cursive style of writing remained problematic because it was not compact and continued to be elongated, such as specific letterforms extending horizontally. Between the 10th and 11th century, Ibn al-bawwab transformed the broken cursive into a rounder script to make them eligible for readers to read. The scripts were grouped and called the six pens: riqa, muhaqqaq, raayan, naskh, thuluth, and tumar. The round script is clear and compressed, which made the flow of the text readable . The OSU manuscript of The Qur’an thus follows Ibn Al bawwab’s development of naskh, which means copying. Naskh is a balance between flat and round shapes of letters with a mix of thin and thick strokes. The round script of Naskh makes it readable by modern readers. It is currently the modern typography that standardized the Naskh script of The Qur’an.