MASHQ STUDIO
Open the Studio · Arabic calligraphy in the classroomالخط العربي في الصف
Mashq Studio is free to use in class: nothing to install, no pupil accounts, and it works in any modern browser on a school laptop or tablet. Below is a 45-minute lesson for ages 10 and up that ends with every pupil holding a printed sheet of their own name to trace.
ستوديو مشق مجاني للاستخدام في الصف: لا تثبيت ولا حسابات للطلاب، ويعمل في أي متصفح حديث. أدناه درس مدته 45 دقيقة لمن هم في العاشرة فما فوق، ينتهي بورقة مطبوعة لكل طالب يتتبّع فيها اسمه.
The lesson, 45 minutes · الدرس في 45 دقيقة
- Five minutes, the scripts. Show the class which script suits what: Naskh for reading, Thuluth for walls, Diwani for names, Kufi for geometry.
- Ten minutes, the pen. Open the qalam lab on the board: drag a point and watch the letter redraw from the nib's angle. Every proportion in classical calligraphy comes from the width of that nib.
- Ten minutes, the name. Each pupil finds their name on the names page (296 names, each already written in three scripts) or types it into the studio and switches scripts to compare.
- Ten minutes, the sheet. In the studio's export panel, ✎ Practice makes an A4 PDF of the pupil's line: one full-ink model row and five pale rows to trace over. ▦ Grid makes a nib-ruled sheet for freehand work. Both download free, as many as you like, and do not use up any downloads.
- Ten minutes, trace and share. Pupils trace their sheet with a broad-tip marker or a cut reed, then compare the model row with their own.
What is free, and what is limited · ما المجاني وما المحدود
- Composing, switching scripts and previewing: free and unlimited.
- Practice sheets and nib grids: free and unlimited; they are not counted as downloads.
- Design files (SVG, PNG, PDF and the rest): each browser gets 4 free, the first 3 with a light watermark and the 4th clean. Sharing a design earns one more clean download a day.
- If your class needs more clean files than that, write to us on WhatsApp and tell us about the class.
Print this page for the lesson plan (your browser's Print works; the page has no ads and no pop-ups). Everything the pupils see is real Arabic type shaped by the HarfBuzz engine; nothing is drawn by an image model. The limits of the tool are written down at /cannot.
For a class gift or an end-of-year award, a pupil's name can be made as a framed piece: see personalised calligraphy in the shop (no pupil data is needed to use the studio itself).
Open the studio with «اقرأ» (Read) on the canvas · افتح الستوديو