They asked him once, late in his life, what he thought about when he drew the first letter.
Forty years ago, calligrapher Uthman Taha sat in the holy city of Medina, his reed pen hovering over a sheet of white paper. The year was 1982. A delegation from the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran had given him a task that felt less like a commission and more like a divine burden. Al-mushaf Font
He replied: “I thought about the person who would read this page at midnight, alone, searching for peace. I wanted my letters to be a door that opens without a sound.” They asked him once, late in his life,
That was the moment Uthman Taha knew he had succeeded. They asked him once