Lam-Alif-phi
Monumental Mada'ini - the ligature between "L" and "A" [لا]
Although I came up with the rough design for Ha ("E") first, I used this ligature to work out all of the widths and proportions used in other letterforms.
The first sketch was based on the golden ratio (φ - gold rectangles), which (no doubt due in part to its irrationality) proved impossible to apply in practice (note small but increasing deviations).
See:
Livio, Mario. (2003). The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the Extraordinary Number of Nature, Art and Beauty.
Lam-Alif-phi
Monumental Mada'ini - the ligature between "L" and "A" [لا]
Although I came up with the rough design for Ha ("E") first, I used this ligature to work out all of the widths and proportions used in other letterforms.
The first sketch was based on the golden ratio (φ - gold rectangles), which (no doubt due in part to its irrationality) proved impossible to apply in practice (note small but increasing deviations).
See:
Livio, Mario. (2003). The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the Extraordinary Number of Nature, Art and Beauty.