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Complete Definition of "calligram"

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was wotd|2007|January|4
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�kælɪgræm/
audio|en-us-calligram.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A word, phrase or longer text in which the typeface or the layout has some special significance
  2. A signature made from interwoven Arabic words, or interwoven Arabic words in the shape of the thing described

Image:Tugra Mahmuds II.gif|right|frame|The stylized signature of [[Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire was written in an expressive calligraphy. It reads Mahmud Khan son of Abdulhamid is forever victorious.]]
See also
w:Islamic calligraphy|Islamic calligraphy in Wikipedia

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