A calligraphic hand used for Persian and Urdu, with long sweeping strokes and slanted lines, traditionally written with a reed pen.

What is a siah-mashq?

A practice sheet of letters repeated and overlapped, a traditional exercise in calligraphy. The sheet shows the letters ba, nun and ye.

No. Each piece is a drawn picture of the calligraphy, not a font you install.

Can I ask for a different word?

Yes. Type a word as a direction and it is drawn as a request; the nine pictures here are the nine samples.

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Persian calligraphy: a word in Nastaliq, a welcome, a practice sheet

Persian calligraphy — the word "عشق" written large in Nastaliq with a reed pen, the long sweeping stroke of the ق curving under the word and the dots placed exactly, written with a cut reed qalam, fine hairline joins swelling into full round curves, classical Nastaliq proportions

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Reading 1Eshgh

Reading 2Khosh amadid

Reading 3Siah-mashq

Persian words written in Nastaliq, the calligraphic hand of Persian, for a wall, a card or a design idea. The three subjects are the word eshgh, love; a doorway welcome, khosh amadid; and a siah-mashq, a practice sheet of letters written over and over. Each is drawn with a reed pen, a soft brush, or as hollow outlines. You can also type a different word, and the piece is drawn to that request.

a wall piece for a doorway or living room
a card for a friend or a family event
a calligraphy practice sheet
a design idea for a tattoo or print

Frequently asked questions

What is Nastaliq?: A calligraphic hand used for Persian and Urdu, with long sweeping strokes and slanted lines, traditionally written with a reed pen.
What is a siah-mashq?: A practice sheet of letters repeated and overlapped, a traditional exercise in calligraphy. The sheet shows the letters ba, nun and ye.
Is this a font?: No. Each piece is a drawn picture of the calligraphy, not a font you install.
Can I ask for a different word?: Yes. Type a word as a direction and it is drawn as a request; the nine pictures here are the nine samples.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.