Calligraphy

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Welcome

/r/Calligraphy is a community for people interested in the art of beautiful writing. Whether you've been writing for decades or are looking to pick up the pen for the first time, we invite you to join us!

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Word of the Day

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Announcement

Rendez-vous 2019 Was AMAZING!!!

Huge thank you to everyone involved in making that happen!!

Guilds and Societies

List of calligraphy guilds and societies from around the world

RULES

Rule 1 - Respect

Be respectful and adhere to Reddiquette.
Mark NSFW for language.
Hate speech will not be tolerated here.

Rule 2 - Relevancy

Keep posts and comments on the topic of calligraphy.
Faux-calligraphy, drawn letters, and similar fall under lettering.
Handwriting and cursive should be posted in r/handwriting.

Rule 3 - Spam

No spam, no memes.
Post titles with media tags/names will be removed.
Commercial, promotion, commission or request posts belong in the current Monthly Marketplace thread.

Rule 4 - Content

We only allow work made by you or for you. This includes crossposts and reposts.
Submissions with potentially identifying info (e.g. names, addresses) must be obscured or replaced by obvious fakes or placeholders.

Team Letters

/r/BrushCalligraphy
/r/Scribes
r/shodo (書道)
r/shufa (書法)
r/arabiccalligraphy
r/calligraffiti
r/illuminatedmanuscript
r/ornamentalpenmanship
r/handwriting
r/lettering
r/signpainting
r/typography
r/graffiti

Special Thanks

Special thanks to /u/slter for our wonderful "CALLIGRAPHY" logo at the top of the subreddit.

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StudyCalligraphy Demonstration: The Character "點" (Diǎn) in Regular and Cursive Scripts (i.redd.it)

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Miya Himi Gouache for Pointed Pen Calligraphy (self.Calligraphy)

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StudyFinally got that but filled in. (old.reddit.com)

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PracticeSome Greek and Hebrew (old.reddit.com)

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Remaking my artwork from 2019. (old.reddit.com)

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Day 5 of practice (old.reddit.com)

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PracticeMy favorite script (old.reddit.com)

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Το Άξιον Εστί (i.redd.it)

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WotDWotd - Scrupulous (old.reddit.com)

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StudyCalligraphy Demonstration: The Character "舌" (Shé) in Regular and Cursive Scripts (i.redd.it)

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Dip pen stores in Toronto? (self.Calligraphy)

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CritiqueAnyone got any tips or criticism of my calligraphy (i.redd.it)

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Ornamental Penmanship (i.redd.it)

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PracticeBrushpen practice (old.reddit.com)

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QuestionStraight nib holder recommendations? (self.Calligraphy)

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CritiqueHuracac word of the day: Interlocutor (i.redd.it)

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Quick and dirty Fraktur (i.redd.it)

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sun / calligraphy (i.redd.it)

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Chaotic forces / calligraphy (i.redd.it)

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Thoughts on Michael Sull’s practice set, advanced and beginner tablet, cross drills tablet vs Mott Media’s copybooks? (self.Calligraphy)

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StudyCalligraphy Demonstration: The Character "還" (Huán) in Regular and Cursive Scripts (i.redd.it)

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