A dataset for online Arabic calligraphy
Calliar is a dataset for Arabic calligraphy. The dataset consists of 2500 json files that contain strokes manually annotated for Arabic calligraphy. This repository contains the dataset for the following paper :
Calliar: An Online Handwritten Dataset for Arabic Calligraphy
Zaid Alyafeai, Maged S. Al-shaibani, Mustafa Ghaleb, Yousif Ahmed Al-Wajih
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.10745
Abstract: Calligraphy is an essential part of the Arabic heritage and culture. It has been used in the past for the decoration of houses and mosques. Usually, such calligraphy is designed manually by experts with aesthetic insights. In the past few years, there has been a considerable effort to digitize such type of art by either taking a photo of decorated buildings or drawing them using digital devices. The latter is considered an online form where the