Love Hate Calligraphy

Through Tarek Atrissi’s excellent blog I cam accross this piece of Arabic calligraphy here that says “love hate” in Arabic:

Love Hate Calligraphy

Love Hate Calligraphy

The design is written with ornamental decorations. What some might disregard as doodles underneath the writings actually consists of a repetition of exactly the same two words – “love hate”.

I really like this calligraphy and it inspired me to attempt my own design of the “love hate” dichotomy in Arabic. The result is this:

Love-Hate Arabic Calligraphy Design

Love-Hate Arabic Calligraphy Design

The word for “hate” – الكراهية – is flipped horizontally to indicate that it’s the flip-side of love – الحب. The two words “cross swords” by crossing letters: the raa’ of الكراهية and the laam of الحب, indicating the intertwined nature of the two emotions.

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  1. Hassan says

    This is so creative! Keep up the good work!

  2. eduardo says

    I love this. One quick question, do these words have a signigicant color that come along with them? I would greatly appriciate it if you could give me this information =]

  3. ArabicGenie says

    @Eduardo
    Could you explain in more detail what you mean by “significant color”?

  4. Randa says

    can you please translate “dont watch your life pass you by…”



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