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The Rubric Bank — with all five levels
234 written Arabic criteria, each with five anchors describing exactly what separates one level from the next. These are the same criteria your work is measured against — open to read before you pay anything.
Having your own work read against one criterion (optional):
Price: 7 SAR · Included in Pro & Artist Plus · First one free — Pricing details
234 criteria
How consistent the horizontal gap between your letters stays, measured by the coefficient of variation of ink-blob gap widths along the marked line — erratic spacing breaks the reading rhythm even when the letters themselves are sound
The five levels →How steady the pen's stroke thickness stays along one letter you mark (measured by the coefficient of variation of several cross-section widths along that same stroke) — thickness varying WITHIN one stroke signals uncontrolled pen pressure, unlike the intentional thick/thin contrast between different strokes in the script itself
The five levels →How steady the same letter's height (relative to your own reference dot) stays every time it recurs across your panel — a real calligraphic principle: one letter must not vary in size within the same piece, independent of any external reference figure
The five levels →How smoothly the pen moves between connected letters, with no unintended stops or breaks in the ligature — judged by a vision model pointing at a specific location in the image, never a generic impression
The five levels →The precision of diacritic (tashkil) placement above/below the letter, when present, and its size proportion to the letter itself — when no tashkil appears in the panel, this criterion is explicitly marked not applicable, never silently skipped
The five levels →The balance of how letters and words are distributed across the whole panel's space, and how the larger gaps (between words and lines) relate proportionally to the smaller ones (between letters)
The five levels →Fidelity to the SPECIFIC declared script's own distinguishing features — Thuluth's letter interlocking and ornamentation, Ruq'ah's simplicity and speed, Diwani's flowing flourish, or Kufic's right angles — not one generic standard applied uniformly to every script
The five levels →Choosing materials appropriate to product and ensuring their quality
The five levels →Executing product with precision and attention to detail
The five levels →Quality of product's final appearance and concealing manufacturing flaws
The five levels →Adhering to planned dimensions and measurements
The five levels →Aesthetic choices making product beautiful and desirable
The five levels →The product performing its intended function efficiently and comfortably
The five levels →The product's ability to withstand use and time without damage
The five levels →Quality of the product's surface treatment and texture, visually and tactilely
The five levels →Harmony of the product's colors and finish layers to serve its aesthetic unity
The five levels →Quality of joining the product's parts and concealing or intentionally revealing joints
The five levels →Proportion of the product's parts and sizes to create a balanced, beautiful form
The five levels →Offering a solution or design that sets the product apart from the market's repetition
The five levels →Unifying recurring details across the product to show coherent mastery
The five levels →Designing the product to fit the user's body and motion comfortably
The five levels →Drawing on a craft heritage or local identity authentically without appropriation or kitsch
The five levels →Tight joints and a piece that holds functionally: the joint bears load, the vessel doesn't leak, the structure doesn't loosen.
The five levels →The cleanliness of the work's last five percent: surface, edges, finishing — what separates the amateur from the maker.
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