Round 6: Tossup 5

The graffiti artist Neils Meulman, or “Shoe,” promotes this art form in street art. Rhombic dots are a measure for “proportional” styles of this art form like Thuluth and Naskh. (15[2])Styles of this art form like Rotunda and Fraktur trace back to Carolingian minuscule. Practitioners of this art form in China (-5[1])follow the Eight (15[1])Principles of Yong to perfect (15[1])common (*) strokes, and also study (10[1])stroke order. Religious restrictions against iconography led to the popularity of this art form, whose Kufic style is frequently used in the Quran. The Saudi Arabian flag depicts a sword and, for 10 points, what art form whose name means “beautiful writing?” ■END■

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