FAQ

What is animatedcalligraphy.com?

AnimatedCalligraphy.com is the Website that accompanies the book, Arabic Script in Motion: A Theory of Temporal Text-based Art written by M Javad Khajavi and published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019. It contains links to the videos mentioned in the book and other video examples of time-based calligraphy and animated typography written in the Arabic script, which is the system of writing used to write many languages including Arabic, Persian (Farsi), Urdu, Ottoman Turkish, etc.

Where can I buy the book?

Please refer to the publisher's Website.

Is the book available online in electronic formats?

The book can be purchased online in PDF, ePUB, and many other formats. Please click here for more information.

What is the Animated Calligraphy and Typography Database (ACTD) about?

ACTD is a growing and leading resource that showcases various examples of temporal text-based art and animated typography written in the Arabic alphabet and its modified verisons used in languages other than Arabic. It was Founded in April 2019 at the same time with the publication of the book, Arabic Script in Motion: A Theory of Temporal Text-based Art. ACTD is dedicated to fostering awareness and scholarship of temporal Arabic text-based art, including calligraphic animation, animated typography, animated fonts and temporal calligaphic art. The collection is available to artists, designers, scholars and educational institutions, cultural institutions, and alternative exhibitors. The Animated Calligraphy and Typography Database (ACTD) is committed to fostering awareness and scholarship of the history and contemporary practices of time-based calligraphic art and temporal typography written in the Arabic alphabet, to promoting temporal text-based art and artworks represented in the ACTD collection, to providing access to the collection, and to assuring the growth of the collection for the use of artists, designers, and scholars.

Does the database contain or accept examples of temporal text-based art written in other systems of writing such as Roman, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.?

Currently, ACTD only accepts temporal text-based artworks, animated typography videos or calligraphic animations created using the Arabic system of writing.

How can one submit a video to the ACT Database?

Please refer to Submitting to the Database section for more information about how to submit a video to the ACT Database.

Is it possible to use the materials on this website?

You may refer to the materials presented on this Website as long as you approprialtely reference the source. Meanwhile, please note that all contents on this Website and on the Database are copyrighted unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any content on the Website shall not be reproduced, distributed, photocopied, played, linked or transmitted without prior written consent of AnimatedCalligraphy or other parties. Please refer to the Terms of Service for more information.

Submitting to the Database

General Information About Submission

If you are an artist or designer and interested to showcase your creation on the Animated Calligraphy and typography Database (ACTD), please write an email to info@animatedcalligraphy.com and include the following information:

- Your name
- Link to the video
- A short description of the video (optional)
- Your occupation/affiliation (if applicable)
- Your address (optional)

Important Information to Note Before Submitting

Please note that the prefered submission method is that your video is uploaded on a video sharing platform such as YouTube or Vimeo before submitting it to be showcased on ACTD. After uploading your video on a video sharing site, please make sure that its privacy is set to public.
Alternatively, you can send us your video and we will upload it on Animated Calligraphy's Vimeo channel (with full credit) and showcase it on ACTD's website.

Please note that the Animated Calligraphy and Typography Database (ACTD) can only accept submissions that are fully created/owned by you. You are responsible to make sure that you have permission to use and publicly share all the materials included in the video(s) that you submit. ACTD assumes no responsiblity regarding third party materials used in submitted videos.

Privacy Policy

How We Collect and Use Your Personal Data?

This Website automatically collects certain information about your device, including information about your Operating System (OS), web browser, IP address, time zone, and screen resolution. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to this Website, and information about how you interact with the Site. These information are collected using Google Analytics to help us understand how our users use this Website. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. In addition to this, when you submit a video to the Website's Database, we collect certain information about you (for example your name, occupation/affiliation, address, and email address), and information about the video that you submited (for example the date of production).

Uptades to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy in case of changes to the Website's content or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

How to Contact Us?

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Website's Privacy practices or in case you have any privacy complaints or issues, please contact us by email at: info@animatedcalligraphy.com.

Terms of Use

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing this Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted the following terms. In case you do not understand or agree to any of the terms, you should immediately exit this Website. AnimatedCalligraphy reserves the right to update the Terms of Use at any time without notice.

Limited License

All contents on this Website are copyrighted unless otherwise stated. Without prior written consent of AnimatedCalligraphy or other parties, any content on the Website shall not be reproduced, distributed, photocopied, played, linked or transmitted with super-links, loaded into other servers in "mirroring method", stored in information retrieval system, or otherwise used for any commercial purpose by any person by any means, unless otherwise downloaded or reproduced for private and non-commercial purposes (provided however, that such use shall not include any revision to the content and the copyright notices and other proprietary notices shall be retained in the same form and manner as on the original).

Trademark

All trademarks and logos displayed, mentioned or otherwise used in this Website are property of AnimatedCalligraphy or other third parties as stated if applicable. You are not permitted to use any of these trademarks or logos in any way without explicit prior written permission of AnimatedCalligraphy or such third party as applicable.

Disclaimer

This Website and its contents are provided for your convenience only while using the Book. Although AnimatedCalligraphy has attempted to provide accurate information on this Website, it assumes no obligation or responsibility regarding the accuracy of the information provided by the users in the Database section of the website. Moreover, AnimatedCalligraphy may change the contents available on this Website at any time without notice.

Links to Third Parties

Links to third party Websites may be contained in this Website exclusively for your convenience, AnimatedCalligraphy shall not be responsible for any content of any such Websites. You might need to review and agree to applicable rules of use when using such Websites.