This book is a pioneering study of temporal typography and time-based calligraphic art written in the Arabic system of writing. Inspired by the innate qualities of Arabic script as well as certain practices in Islamic calligraphy and contemporary calligraphic art, the book devises five broad categories of temporal behaviors for Arabic characters in time-based media. It goes onto expand the vocabulary used to describe Arabic script’s appearance in time-based media and proposes a theory to help artists, practitioners, and theoreticians push the boundaries of temporal text-based art. Furthermore, it tackles questions of legibility and readability, and seeks to understand how temporality of Arabic text influences the creation of meaning. This book will therefore appeal not only to animators, designers, and artists, but also to commentators and scholars who deal with temporal text-based art written in Arabic script.

本书是对以阿拉伯文字系统书写的时间性排版和基于时间的书法艺术的一项开创性研究。受阿拉伯文字的内在品质以及伊斯兰书法和当代书法艺术的某些做法的启发，本书为基于时间的媒体中的阿拉伯文字设计了五大类时间性行为。它还扩展了用于描述阿拉伯文字在时间媒体中的外观的词汇，并提出了一个理论，以帮助艺术家、从业者和理论家推动基于时间的文本艺术的界限。此外，它还解决了可读性和可读性的问题，并试图理解阿拉伯文字的时间性如何影响意义的创造。因此，本书不仅对动画师、设计师和艺术家有吸引力，而且对处理用阿拉伯文字书写的基于时间的文本艺术的评论家和学者也有吸引力。