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Proposed since January 2013.| Nastaʿlīq (also anglicized as
Nastaleeq; in Persian: نستعلیق nastaʿlīq) is one of the main
script styles used in writing the Perso-Arabic script, and
traditionally the predominant style in Persian calligraphy. It
was developed in Iran in the 8th and 9th centuries. It is
sometimes used to write Arabic-language text (where it is known
as Taʿliq and is mainly used for titles and headings), but its
use has always been more popular in the Persian, Turkic, and
South Asian spheres of influence. Nastaʿlīq has extensively been
(and still is) practiced in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan for
written poetry and as a form of art. However, it is harder to
read than Naskh. A less elaborate version of Nastaʿlīq serves as
the preferred style for writing Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi and
Urdu, and it is often used al