Calligraphy just means “beautiful writing”, it was the script by used to hand write books. The calligraphy alphabet was used by many for about 15,000 years. And it goes without saying that this resulted in many different forms of calligraphy.

Calligraphy today is used to create decorative hand written notes, invitations and to decorate photo albums and keepsake articles like scrapbooking.

Lower case letters have 3 parts

The main portion is the x-height

The upper part is the ascender

The lower part is the descender

The most commonly used calligraphy alphabets today are:

Italic Calligraphy

This alphabet was used during the Renaissance by the Italians. This is easy to read and learn as it is not too dissimilar from what is taught in schools today. Using a slanted version of the Roman Calligraphy can be used to make the capital letters more decorative.

All the letters of this calligraphy alphabet are made with one stroke. With the pen held at 45^O for the formation of all letters.

Gothic Calligraphy

This alphabet is very ornate and was used in the 12^th to the 15^th century and is also known as black letter calligraphy. The letters are normally place very close together as it developed when paper was scarce and the letters where placed close together to preserve paper. The decorative strokes added either at the top or near capital letters are called beaks and claws. For this alphabet the pen is also held at 45^O for the formation of all letters.

Uncial Calligraphy

Uncial (pronounced “un-shull”). This alphabet was also used to hand write books about 1,500 years ago. This alphabet is relatively easy to learn as there are no upper case letters to learn. An interesting fact is that originally this calligraphy alphabet did not contain the ‘j’, ‘v’, or ‘w’. The ‘I’ was used as a ‘j’ the ‘u’ as a ‘v’ and the ‘w’ was a double ‘u’. The pen position for this alphabet is held at 30^O, which is also known as the flattened pen position.

Roman Calligraphy

The roman calligraphy alphabet is what is currently used in books and newspapers. It’s easy readability makes you think that this is an easy calligraphy alphabet to learn, however it takes as much practice as any of the other to get a professional creation. The pen is also held in the flatten pen position.

Expert: Mary W. Hart
Bio: Mary W. Hart has been a calligrapher for over 35 years. She teach classes in Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Visual Dynamics and Color at Middlesex Community College.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Calligraphy Grappling is based on the dynamics of water, wrapping itself around any joint on the human body and breaking it unconsciously. This grappling system is powered by Fa-jing. This power does not totally rely on strength, instead it is a combination of the Dan Tian, together with strength. This Fa-jing is what makes Calligraphy Grappling so devastatingly effective and direct. This DVD is a display of 42 techniques of calligraphy grappling from the sub-conscious mind of Master Yang.

This DVD is available on www.yangmian.com

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Expert: Pamela LaRegina
Bio: Pamela LaRegina began her career as a calligrapher/artist by registering her business, Supercalligraphics, in 1976. Ms. LaRegina has created a wide range of works, from the practical to the divine.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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This is the promotional video for the Xian Exhibition (2001) held in Quebec Civilization Museum of Canada. The video shows Ngan Siu Mui’s chinese brush strokes in reverse. The narration is in French. People love her technique and brush dance in traditional Chinese music. The Quebec museum shows Xian, China’s first capital city, its culture, heritage and writing. http://www.mcq.org/presse/aaxian_cap.html

Ngan Siu Mui has been commissioned to create a Chinese calligraphy painting for the Academy winning movie “The Red Violin” (1997). This artwork was used for display in the movie.
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Expert: Pamela LaRegina
Bio: Pamela LaRegina began her career as a calligrapher/artist by registering her business, Supercalligraphics, in 1976. Ms. LaRegina has created a wide range of works, from the practical to the divine.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Duration : 0:2:36

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Sorry for the length of the video, you can fast forward through some of me writing a stream on consciousness. This is the link to the pen I have. It works ok, its thin, and gets clogged easily, but its a decent everyday pen, and the picture on the website doesn’t actually show the fountain pen, which is weird.

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/129420/Aldo-Domani-3-Piece-Pen-Set/

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Expert: Pamela LaRegina
Bio: Pamela LaRegina began her career as a calligrapher/artist by registering her business, Supercalligraphics, in 1976. Ms. LaRegina has created a wide range of works, from the practical to the divine.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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Expert: Pamela LaRegina
Bio: Pamela LaRegina began her career as a calligrapher/artist by registering her business, Supercalligraphics, in 1976. Ms. LaRegina has created a wide range of works, from the practical to the divine.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Duration : 0:2:39

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