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Anoor Art

Islamic Art

One of the 99 Names of Allah, a verse, or your own words — raised Arabic calligraphy on a plaque with Ottoman and Persian ornament, made to order. Pick the words, watch it build in 3D, order it when it's right.

Engraved into the back of the plaque, where only the family knows it is.

How it's made. The plate, the border, the field pattern, the calligraphy and the lettering print as one fused piece with a color change at each layer: the calligraphy stands 2.5 mm proud of the plate, the border 1.5 mm, the field pattern 0.6 mm — real relief, not paint. The ornament is drawn by the same program that shapes the letters: every border, field and crest is geometry the printer makes for free, so a rumi scroll costs no more than a plain ring. The Arabic is shaped properly (joined letters, right to left, every vowel mark in place) from the Amiri and Noto Kufi typefaces. A keyhole recessed into the back hangs it flush on one screw. Gift idea: a name that speaks to the person — Al-Wadud for a wedding, Ash-Shakur for a graduation, As-Sabur for a hard year.