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1. Arabic

   Linked via "cursive connections"

   Script and Calligraphic Tradition
   Arabic is written from right to left using the Arabic alphabet, an abjad descended from the Nabataean script. The script features cursive connections between most letters, resulting in contextual shape variation (initial, medial, final, isolated forms).
   The development of calligraphy reached its zenith during the Abbasid period and Ottoman period…