in calligraphy, Islamic cursive style of handwritten alphabet that developed directly from the early Kūfic (Kūfic script) angular scripts used by the Muslim peoples of the Maghrib, who were Western-influenced and relatively isolated from Islam as it was absorbed into the eastern part of North Africa. The script they developed is rounded, with exaggerated extension of horizontal elements and final open curves below the register. Maghribi script is still used in northern Africa from Morocco to Tripoli.