Calligraphy and Hand-Lettering

Calligrahy was first developed in western Europe by monks at about 1500 or later. At that same time calligraphy was being developed in China.

A calligraphy brush looks simple, but once the Chinese brush or Japanese brush starts to move its tip, its expression reaches beyond the limits of the paper. The calligraphy brush goes up, goes down, it bends; with more pressure it spreads, with less it regains its shape, and for each movement the calligrapher has to have the calligraphy brush under control and be able to return to a straightened brush tip.

A calligraphist is a person who is skilled at calligraphy, the art or practice of writing in a decorative style.

There are a number of websites that an individual can visit in order to learn more about calligraphy writing. Some sites that one should visit include How Stuff Works and Jones Design Company.

The Japanese word for 'cheese' is チーズ (chiizu) and was borrowed from English (thus the very similar pronunciation).

Different people would respond differently to seeing calligraphy. For many, it would likely bring up nostalgia and take them back to an earlier time period. At the least, most would be impressed or see it as something more formal than ordinary writing. A few might have negative feelings because they associate this style of writing with tattoos.

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it has a huge impact as literal images are usually forbidden and so words become the primary expression of art.

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デラノ (romaji : derano) is Japanese for name : Delano

Unless you "grow up" learning to write in a Northern Indian alphabet, you will have some difficulty with the thick and thin lines. One solution is to use aleft handed fountain pen (if you are right handed). Tibetan is quite different from Devanagari. I have heard of Tibetan teachers in Nepal and India cutting the nib (point) from a cheap fountain pen. This simulates a bamboo or wood pen.

There are a variety of different art portal available on the internet. Cynscribe Calligraphy Compilation is a portal that has calligraphy as its main subject.

Muslim Art

It is written top to bottom, right to left.

Calligraphy is still very alive in islamic and east asian areas, although it seems like the westerners are focusing more on typography more than calligraphy.

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hieroglyphics was done by egyptians

calligraphy was done by the Chinese

Calligraphy was so respected by Muslims because they used it to write the Qur'an. The Qur'an told of the prophet Muhammad, his Night Journey, verses, and messages from the angel Gabriel. The Muslims felt that only beautiful writing like calligraphy was suited to record the words of Allah (God). Because of this calligraphers were the most highly respected people in the Muslim world.

The supplies you need to do calligraphy are either a dip pen or calligraphy fountain pen. If you are using a dip pen you will also need bottled ink, in both cases you will need parchment or calligraphy paper.

Most people will not be able to pick up calligraphy in a day or two. It takes hard work and dedication to learn. You must practice 3-5 times a week for an hour or more to truly master calligraphy.

The United States constitution was hand written in cursive, a style of calligraphy in which the writer connects letters flowingly.

la illa il allah wa Mohammed rosuulal allah --> There is no god, but God and Mohammed is God's Prophet.

Assuming this is about east asian calligraphy, you put water on the ink plate, similar to a palate, then start rubbing the ink stone upon the wet plate until the ink concentration you want comes out.

Calligraphy paper can be recycled like normal paper. It is already made from recycled paper so it should be processed in a recycle plant like other papers.