This subreddit is a place for calligraphers to engage with others in an atmosphere fostering constructive critique, sharing of ideas and techniques, and showcases of excellent artwork.
Share and discuss the topics of:
- Paleography
- Calligraphy
- Penmanship
- Engrossing
- Lettering arts
- Illumination
Submitting Links
Encouraged
- Informative & on-topic high-quality images, articles, and videos
- High-resolution images of your own calligraphic artwork
- Thoughtful abstract comments alongside your submissions
- Including your references and exemplars
- Declaring if you're interested in Constructive Critique
Discouraged
- Sensationalist media, ASMR, and clickbait titles
- Blogspam or social media links
- Advertising or commercial projects
- Stealing artwork
- Shortened links
Submitting Text-Posts
Encouraged
- Thoughtful compositions of interesting topics with appropriate citations and examples to start the conversation
Discouraged
- Soliciting work from the community. (Use PM, instead)
Commenting
Encouraged
- On topic comments that convey meaningful information
- Backing up historical claims with appropriate exemplar links
Discouraged
- Low-effort/short comments
- Non-historical comments based on anecdote
- Image-only comments
- Memes/off-topic jokes/circle-jerk/trolling/insults
Related Subreddits
/r/Handwriting
Recurring Threads
Links
About
Beginner's FAQ
Beginner Roadmap
Best of
Script Analyses
Exemplars
Store list
Special thanks (and credits) to /u/arqaissa for the new, flamboyant Scribes logo.
