Walls That Speak, part 1

Square Kufic from Isfahan and Yazd

Among the Kufi scripts I’m constantly investigating is the so-called Square Kufic, born of brickwork wall-decorating techniques sometime in the 12th century. It’s one of the scripts I teach, and I’m always telling students to study historical examples to internalise the rules of the script, but it’s (very) difficult to find clear pictures with no restri…