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. Styles of this art form like Rotunda and Fraktur trace back to Carolingian minuscule. Practitioners of this art form in China follow the Eight Principles of Yong to perfect (15[2])common (*) strokes, and also study stroke order. (10[3])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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