In her 20s, Cocke's daughter gave him a book on unicorns that featured modern calligraphy. The script in it became the inspiration for some of the style he used in the Gospel of St. John. The first ...
Join Sip & Script at Time Out Market Chicago for a night of drinks and pretty lettering! Whether you’re a stationery nerd, DIY bride-to-be, or just a crafty individual, this workshop will introduce ...
An exhibition featuring 60 calligraphic art pieces opened at Ejaz Art Gallery here on Thursday evening. Calligraphy artist Noreen Akhtar said it took her about five months to complete the pieces in ...
Take a script like Devanagari which has evolved over a millennium and has been used to tell countless stories from the Puranas and folklore. CHENNAI: Take a script like Devanagari which has evolved ...
In laying out a comprehensive view of calligraphy, calligraphers are concerned with perfecting language on two levels: that of the painterly range of gestures and that of the actual script. Typically, ...
We have Helvetica. Persians have nasta’liq. The most popular form of Persian calligraphy has become almost synonymous with Persian culture itself. “When you see people protesting in Iran, their ...
One of the many works of Persian calligraphy on display at the Freer Sackler Gallery. There are many who see the foreign symbols of the Arabic alphabet as art themselves, in contrast to the bland ...
After you’ve learned the basics at Sip & Script’s introduction to modern calligraphy workshop, take the next step with an intermediate level class. Experts will help level up your skills by teaching ...
Malaysia’s government has done a U-turn on its decision to make khat – a form of calligraphy for writing the Malay language using Arabic script – mandatory under the nation’s primary school syllabus ...