1. What details about Persian calligraphy do you want to know? the history the meaning, the metaphor,etc

I would like to learn more about the evolution of it over time and how it’s used today. She mentioned there were more then one forms in use today and I was wondering if the different forms had different uses or were used in different situations

2. What is unique and different about Persian calligraphy? which qualities are more interesting for you?

I think what is unique about Persian calligraphy is that it is considered an art and it’s meant to visually pleasing and readable at the same time. I find that the letters can change and morph one of the more interesting qualities.

3. In your opinion, which aspects of Persian calligraphy can be adapted by English/Latin calligraphers?

 I think  that english/latin calligraphers could adapt looking at language as more then just something to gain information from and more as an art form.

The history of the letter u is very similar to the history of w,v and y.

All of those letters  got their start from the Egyptian Hieroglyph, Cerastes.

The Cerastes was the origin for the Phoenicians Waw.

Sometime during 800-900 b.c the Greeks adopted the Phoenician Waw and used it for the basis of two of their letters(upsilon:for the vowel u sound and digamma: for the f sound).

From the Greeks the Romans  used upsilon but v,w and u were not distinguished from each other.

It wasn’t until the medieval period that U and V were finally distinguished from each other.