ome time ago ...

... someone -- OK, LOTS of some ones! -- told me they couldn't read my chicken scratch handwriting.

Tired of hearing these complaints, I bought several penmanship books and spent two years re-teaching myself how to write clearly and legibly.

During my travels overseas, I was exposed to the ancient art & science of calligraphy ... in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and here in America.

The more I delved into this art and science, the better my penmanship became.  I've also thrown in characters from different modern languages into my writing style until it is what it is today...

When I have free time, I enjoy taking quill and parchment and simply writing in the "old styles" ... for no other reason than the sheer enjoyment of watching multi-colored inks form letters not seen since the Middle Ages!

OK...I'm still a novice at it, but it's still hours of enjoyment for me...

 

Eastern Calligraphy

Art of Chinese Calligraphy Japanese Calligraphy
AsiaWind Art Gallery
(Chinese Calligraphy Center)
China the Beautiful
(Calligraphy of the Masters)
Web Kanzaki
(Chinese & Japanese Calligraphy)

 

Middle Eastern Calligraphy

Arabic Calligraphy The Art of Arabic Calligraphy
Islamic Calligraphy for the Personal Computer
Turkish Calligraphy Ketubah & Haftaran Center
(Karny's Jewish Calligraphy Center)

 

Western Calligraphy

BearStar Scriptorium Brenda Walton Calligraphy
Calligraphica Calligraphy
Calligraphy & Crafts by Carol Calligraphy & Web Design
Calligraphy Bulletin Board & Cyberspace Center
Calligraphy by Debi Calligraphy Centre
Calligraphy for Everyone Calligraphy The Art of Beautiful Writing
Catherine's Celtic Cloister  
Celtic Calligraphy
(Leslie G. Brian's Center)
Cynscribe's Compilations
Contemporary European Letter Art Calligraphy
(Ben Aalbers Designer)
Extraordinary Letterforms
(David Odgen's Home Page)
Jill Boll's Studio
(Eastern & Western Calligraphy)
Heraldry Calligraphy & Illustration Susan Nelson Calligraphic Artist
McCann Calligraphy
(Former White House Calligrapher)
Teri Martin Designs Veellum Gallery

Alphabetica Friends of Calligraphy
Letter Arts Review Rand Calligraphy & Book Arts Club
Grapho
(International Calligraphy Correspondence Program)
Society for Calligraphy Association for the Calligraphic Arts
Pacific Scribes Guild of Book Workers
Monastic Scriptoria Calligrapher's Guild of Manitoba

Abstract Fonts Alien Fonts Center
Cherokee Font Cyrillic Fonts
Celtic Lady's Index Enlightened Fonts
Fonts & Things Font Freak
Font Frenzy Font Mania
Font Pool Greek Fonts
Larabie Fonts

 

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