power of the written word

[jaebility]

The Beauty Of Typography: Writing Systems And Calligraphy Of The World - Fascinating article about written characters that are like tiny pictures of art. Check out Kufi. Wow.

I wish I were a better linguist. I've always been terrible with language; I struggled through French and Latin in school, and even my English vocabulary is severely limited. But damn! It'd be amazing to be fluent in Japanese, Arabic, Korean, or any other of the scripts shown here.

Comments

[wingblossom]

Thanks for the link! I've always wanted to learn Arabic; I took a class in college that focused on Islamic calligraphy in art, and the manuscripts were so beautiful.

[jaebility]

I'm glad you found it interesting! I totally agree - Islamic calligraphy is gorgeous.