{"id":16864,"date":"2011-11-18T00:32:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T04:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/calligraphy-in-everyday-life\/"},"modified":"2011-11-18T00:32:42","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T04:32:42","slug":"calligraphy-in-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/en\/calligraphy-in-everyday-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Calligraphy in Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1398\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1398\" title=\"Nastaliq on electricity jack\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-jack-700x505.jpg\" alt=\"Nastaliq on electricity jack\" width=\"595\" height=\"429\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nastaliq on electricity jack, from a building in Shiraz built in the late 1950s<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6333\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-brno.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6333\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-brno-580x266.jpg\" alt=\"Markings on an Iran-made short Brno (Persian Mauser CZ98)\" title=\"Markings on an Iran-made short Brno (Persian Mauser CZ98)\" width=\"580\"  class=\"size-large wp-image-6333\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Markings on an Iran-made short Brno (Persian Mauser CZ98)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1489\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1489\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1489\" title=\"Nastaliq in Comicbook\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-comicbook.png\" alt=\"Nastaliq used in an Iranian Comicbook\" width=\"665\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nastaliq used in an Iranian Comicbook, Keyhan Bacheha Magazine, April 1973<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Nastaliq-Street-Cover-665x442.jpg\" alt=\"Nastaliq in Street facilities covers for Tehran&#039;s Telephone Company\" title=\"Nastaliq on Street Covers\" width=\"595\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2179\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1488\" title=\"Nastaliq on Truck\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-truck.jpg\" alt=\"Nastaliq on Truck\" width=\"595\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1490\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1490\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1490\" title=\"Nastaliq in an Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-jengir-665x498.jpg\" alt=\"Nastaliq in an Ad for an Exorcist\" width=\"595\" height=\"445\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nastaliq used in an Ad for an Exorcist<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1433\" title=\"nastaliq-on-car\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-on-car.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1442\" title=\"shekaste-Tshirt\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shekaste-Tshirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-mohr.jpg\" alt=\"Shiite Mohr with Nastaliq calligraphy\" title=\"Mohr with Nastaliq calligraphy\" width=\"448\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2174\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pagelines-lazyloader\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/nastaliq-Parsheneveshte.jpg\" alt=\"Parsheneveshte (Inscriptions on cloth) for Ashura rituals\" title=\"Nastaliq on Parsheneveshte\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2175\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nastaliq and Shekaste styles of Iranian calligraphy have been in use since 16 century. 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