1) Arabic calligraphy 
Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts and consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. Kufic developed around the end of the 7th century in Kufa, Iraq, from which it takes its name, and other centres. Until about the 11th century it was the main script used to copy Qur`ans. Professional copyists employed ....
• (a.) See Cufic.
Ku'fic adjective See Cufic . 
A style of Arabic script, named after the city of Kufa in Iraq, popular in early Islamic times. It is characterised by its angular forms. A type of surface decoration also exists which was inspired by and seems to resemble Kufic script, though it is actually only an indecipherable pattern.
of or pertaining to Kufa or its inhabitants. · noting or pertaining to the characters of the Arabic alphabet used in the writing of the original Koran, in the time of Muhammad.