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Last Calligrapher In Old Delhi

Wooden pens belonging to Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.

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Wooden pens belonging to Mohammed Ghalib, a katib - traditional calligrapher - in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi, India. Ghalib is now the last traditional calligrapher still practising his art. Urdu fonts are now largely computerised and work is almost non-existant comprising of the odd wedding invitation and re-drawing old legal documents.