kūfī (English spelling) kufi

Japanese: kūfī(英語表記)kufi
kūfī (English spelling) kufi

… Arabic script can be broadly divided into two categories based on its form. The first is the oldest Islamic script, called Kufī, which is solemn, powerful, and angular, and is a highly decorative and stylized type that was also used for copying the Qur'an, decorating crafts and architecture, and inscriptions on epitaphs and coins. The second is the rounded, curvaceous writing and printing style, of which the most representative are Thuluthī and Naskhī. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kūfī" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… アラビア文字の書体は,その形態から二つのカテゴリーに大別することができる。第1は〈クーフィーkūfī〉体と呼ばれているイスラム最古の,荘重で力強く角ばった書体で,コーランの筆写,工芸品や建築の装飾,碑銘,貨幣の銘にも使われた装飾化,意匠化の著しいタイプである。第2は丸味を帯びた曲線的な筆記・印刷体で,その代表的なものが〈スルシーthuluthī〉体と〈ナスヒーnaskhī〉体である。…

※「kūfī」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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