Arabic calligraphy has been recognized by Indonesian society, especially in learning Arabic texts, such as Qur’an and Hadith. Nowadays, it is not even used in a manuscript only, but also used as home and mosque decoration. There are many kinds of calligraphy letterform; one of them is called “S\” (khat S\). S\ is the most used letterform both in calligraphy books and decoration. It may caused by the flexibility of its letterform and its elasticity of the structure that makes it looks charismatic. In this research, there is a new model of calligraphy which does not only depend on the history, but also relates to the secret or the meaning contained in the forming of S\. In addition, there is also a description of a more comprehensive calligraphy style which makes the idiosyncrasies of S\ are revealed in the forming of a calligraphy style.
Nurul Huda (Wed,) studied this question.