Lettering and calligraphy
Calligraphy, lettering… What exactly is all that?
They may seem like two different words for generating letters, but actually there are tiny differences. Calligraphy sets are an important part of scrapbooking and craftworks. It’s another way to get a unique, personal and customized project.
Read moreCalligraphy 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.
What are the advantages of practicing calligraphy?
By writing for yourself your album titles, names and places, you get a very personal and unique work of art. Furthermore, calligraphy is known to be a relaxing exercise to enhance creativity, since you can try different kinds of fonts and practice with brushes, fountain pencil cartridges, etc. Finally, on this computer era, you get master an art form which is rather fading away: to get beautiful handwriting.
What do we need to start practicing calligraphy?
Not much: a nib, some ink, a pen and a template or an initiate book. In two shakes of a lamb’s tail, you’ll be a pro.
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