Ruqʿah script
Arabic script variety used in handwriting / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Ruq'a" redirects here. For the Palestinian village, see Ruq'a (village).
This article is about the hand for fast writing developed in the 19th century (رقعة). For the older hand of the so-called six proportional scripts (رقاع), see Reqa'.
Ruqʿah (Arabic: رُقعة) or Riqʿah (رِقعة) is a writing style of Arabic script intended for the rapid production of texts. It a relatively simple and plain style, used for everyday writing and often used for signs.[1] The Ottoman calligraphers Mumtaz Efendi[2] (1810–1872) and Mustafa Izzet Efendi (1801–1876) are credited with standardizing the writing style which has existed in slightly different styles as everyday handwriting.[1]
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It is not to be confused with the much older reqāʿ (رِقَاع) style.[3]