Biography
Syed Nafees Raqam has passed many phases and improved himself with every passing day. Syed Nafees Raqam studied works of lamination of his time including Meer Ali Harvi and Jmadul Hassan besides Perveen Raqam and then developed his own style of calligraphic art. He has now developed a skill in Irani Nastaliq, while previously he mastered the Parveeni Nastaliq style. Famous works of Shah Sahib include Dewan-e-Ghalib published under auspices of Punjab University in 1969.
Dewan-e-Bulhay Shah published under the aegis of Packages Limited, Kulyat-e-Meer compiled by Dr. Ibadat Barelvi and others. He continued inscribing Holy Quraan which is his main occupation and fondness. Syed Anwar Hussain also prepared a font of computer which is adopted by well known organization FAST and named as “Khat-e-Nafees”, Karachi Nizami computer also used fonts prepared by him,in the their products named Urdu Mahir and Urdu 98 etc.
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