Calligraphy in Everyday Life
Nastaliq and Shekaste styles of Iranian calligraphy have been in use since 16 century. At the beginning they where the styles of choice for writing the royal orders and decrees, official documents, and books of literature. Today they are used everywhere, sometimes on the most ordinary objects of everyday life.
Nastaliq on electricity jack, from a building in Shiraz built in the late 1950s
Markings on an Iran-made short Brno (Persian Mauser CZ98)
Nastaliq used in an Iranian Comicbook, Keyhan Bacheha Magazine, April 1973
Nastaliq used in an Ad for an Exorcist
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