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A modest bone-white hilal in modern lettering in a wide field of dusk blue, with a museum-style label in the lower corner.
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Crescent Moon

No. 43 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA modest bone-white hilal in modern lettering in a wide field of dusk blue, with a museum-style label in the lower corner.

What it meansHilal is the new crescent moon. Its sighting marks the start of each month in the Islamic lunar calendar, including Ramadan and the two Eids.

Where it worksQuiet and nocturnal, it suits a bedroom or a child's room.

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Fajr in bone-white nasta'liq on a sage-green block, with the English “Dawn” in italic serif on the bone ground below.DawnNo. 44
Matar in vowelled dusk-blue naskh beside the English “Rain” in serif, divided by a fine terracotta rule on bone.RainNo. 45
Bahr in dusk-blue modern lettering filling a pale blue-grey sheet, with “Sea” and its transliteration as small captions at the foot.SeaNo. 46
Ward in terracotta ruq'ah centred on bone, with a short rule, its transliteration and “Roses” in italic serif beneath.RosesNo. 47
“Sky” set small in the top-left corner of a pale blue-grey sheet, answered by a large light-weight dusk-blue sama' in geometric kufic in the lower right.SkyNo. 48
Hayat in soft, rounded sage-green lettering on pale sage, marked with a small star that leads to a footnote giving its meaning.LifeNo. 49
Ulfa in ochre nasta'liq paired with the English “closeness” in light serif on warm paper.ClosenessNo. 50
The word sabr drawn very large in black classical naskh on a bone ground, with “Patience” and its transliteration set small in the lower corners.PatienceNo. 1

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