Original or print? What you are paying for
Facts checked 22 September 2026
A paint is a print of a composed design. An original is one sheet written by a calligrapher's hand. That is the whole difference. Prices are shown on each piece.
Side by side
| Calligraphy paint | Signed original | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A print of a phrase set in Mashq Studio | One sheet written in ink by the calligrapher |
| Price | … | … |
| Sizes | Ten, from A4 to 90 × 120 cm | The sheet's own size, stated on its page |
| Surface | Cotton canvas, rolled or stretched | Paper, named on each page |
| Framing | Eight hand-finished mouldings, in the framed price; acrylic glass optional | Ships unframed, rolled in a rigid tube |
| Time | Made to order in 5–7 working days | In hand: ready to dispatch. Written to order: 3–4 weeks |
| Signed | No | Yes, by the artist |
| Delivery | Worldwide Express, at the shipping rate shown at checkout, within 8 days | |
What a calligraphy paint is
The phrase is set in a real typeface in Mashq Studio — the letterforms are vector, shaped and spaced by us, never drawn by an image model. We print it to order on cotton canvas, in our own workshop, in 5–7 working days. Every copy is identical to the picture on its page, and the same design can be printed again.
What an original is
An original is a single sheet: ink on paper, written by hand by Ahmed Alhawary, Anwar Alhulwani or Rasha Kasim, signed by the artist, photographed as it is. Nothing is printed. If the piece is in hand, the sheet in the photograph is the sheet that reaches you, and it is ready to dispatch. If it is written to order, the artist writes the line again in 3–4 weeks — a second sheet in the same hand, not a copy. Originals travel unframed, rolled in a rigid tube.
Which one to choose
- A paint when you want a phrase on a wall, at a size and in a frame you choose, at a price that lets you buy two.
- An original when you want the hand — the pen's pressure, the ink's pooling, the artist's signature — on a sheet that was written, not printed.
Both are made or checked in our own workshop, both carry the same flat delivery (Worldwide Express, at the shipping rate shown at checkout), and both can be gift-wrapped with a card and no price. See the calligraphy paints and the originals.