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The QEII Script and British Muslim visual identity

A research-led story about Arabic Kufi, English Blackletter and the search for a visual language of belonging.

QEII book and Arabic-British calligraphy reference image
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A research question

The QEII Script begins with a visual question: how can Arabic Kufi and English Blackletter speak to each other without either being erased?

Identity as form

This is not only a typeface story. It is a story about British Muslim identity, cultural inheritance and the search for a confident shared form.

Held carefully

The full story belongs with the MA chronology, selected archive images and careful wording around originality and naming.

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