Writing & Calligraphy Essentials

Calligraphy is defined as the art of writing letters down using a pen or a tool in a decorative way. Actually it would be rather accurate to call it a discipline, since you need to practice a lot to develop nice writing skills. That is why you can now get a calligraphy set with writing templates, quill, nibs and inks for beginners. As you develope your skills, you’ll be able to use water-tank brushes and play with different colours. Lettering, as its name says, is the art of creating letters. We can see it from a graphic designers point of view of creating a font. Each letter has its style, shape, thickness, stroke, colour, etc. You get to create a whole style of an alphabet. With time and, again, practice, you get to draw beautiful letters: italics, bold… Some pens are just ideal to get you into this world.