£50.00
Fluent is a series of 18 posters representing and celebrating all the letters of the Arabic script. Part typographic, part pure expression, it attempts to capture the fascination Habib has had with Arabic letterforms throughout his life. Habib has been writing and drawing Arabic letterforms since his early years through his faith, reading the Quran and learning Urdu. The continuous nature of the baseline and the flexibility of the lettering became clear whilst completing howeworks tasks in Urdu. It was then that he grew to love the fluidity, the flexibility and the organic nature of the Arabic letterform learned it can be moulded into whatever the writer wishes. This series celebrates these qualities. Each letter is treated as a typographic form and seeks to elevate the fluent nature within each letterform. Some designs are a pair or a trio of letters, as the forms of these letters are intrinsically related. This echoing of forms serves to highlight the additional genius and efficiency of the Arabic lettering system. The blue colour used for this series is drawn from the rich blues prevalent in Islamic architecture and art all over the world.
| Weight | 200 g |
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| Dimensions | 594 × 420 mm |
| Letters | ا ALIF, ب BAA ت TAA ث THAA, ج JEEM ح HAA خ KHAA, د DAAL ذ ZHAAL, ر RAA, ز ZAA, س SEEN ش SHEEN, ص SAAD ض DHAAD, ط TAA ظ ZHAA, ع AIN غ GHAIN, ف FAA ق QAAF, ك KAAF, ل LAAM, م MEEM, ن NOON, ﻩ HA, و WAAW, ي YAA |
