Title: 'Square Script for ID Design'
A workshop by Dr. Prof Nassar Mansour
Professor of Islamic Art/Arabic calligraphy, Institute of Islamic Arts, Amman, Jordan.


Abstract: Participants will learn the basic principles of Square Scripts and will learn how to design their own logos.

Materials/ tools to be brought by student participants:
Pencils, sharpeners, erasers, coloring pencils, Data-show.
Basic knowledge of Arabic alphabet would help the participants to understand the concept of the SS.

Materials for the workshop provided by Typoday:
A3 size graph paper with 1cm mid-gray gride.

About Instructor:

Dr. Prof Nassar Mansour

Professor Nassar Mansour is an artist, calligrapher, academic, and designer in the field of Islamic arts, specialising in Islamic calligraphy. He is considered to be one of the most accomplished contemporary Arab calligraphers today.

He is a professor of Islamic art/Arabic calligraphy at the Institute of Islamic Arts in Amman, Jordan.

Nassar is best known for his serious academic research on Islamic calligraphy and for his academic and artistic efforts in reviving Muhaqqaq (one of the six classical scripts الخطوط الستة) as a successful artistic medium for contemporary Islamic calligraphers. Nassar was the first Jordanian to obtain the traditional Ijaza in calligraphy from the Islamic world's premier master calligrapher, Hasan Çelebi, in 2003, Istanbul. In April 2018, he was awarded the Artistic Creativity Award for his academic and artistic efforts in reviving Muhaqqaq script by the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF).












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