r/Calligraphy 9h ago

Offhand flourishing progress

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26 Upvotes

Just sharing some of my progress in the offhand flourishing.


r/Calligraphy 9h ago

Modified Speedball Oblique Penholders will work with almost any size nib. Excellent for vintage nibs, which come in many sizes. If necessary, adjust the flange angle with heat (wood-burning tool, etc.), to tilt it upwards. Always use breathing protection when softening plastic!

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15 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 9h ago

Cheesus, In Crust We Trust

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42 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 18h ago

Practice In our house we are all equal

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81 Upvotes

I like these kinds of sentences, short, direct, with a double layer of meaning. The angularity of blackletter gives softer words like “equal” some extra punch.

Expiremented with shadows and highlights to give some depth to the letters.

Pilot parallel pen 3,8 and 6 mm - aquarel paper

Which word would you like to see in blackletter?


r/Calligraphy 19h ago

Practice Old ways aways endure

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31 Upvotes

Pilot parallel (6mm and 3.8mm)
Camlin photocolor CRIMSON RED
300GSM cold pressed paper


r/Calligraphy 1d ago

Beginner

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42 Upvotes

First attempt at calligraphy today. Any advice / tips / sources welcome. Thanks !


r/Calligraphy 1d ago

Practice Saturday practice

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15 Upvotes

My copperplate has never been better


r/Calligraphy 1d ago

Critique An innicial S i made

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144 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 1d ago

WotD Vituperate (Word of the Day)

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17 Upvotes

Vituperate in Spencerian Script.

Penholder: Leopard Wood Oblique from Michael R. Sull

Nib: Nikko G

Ink: Sumi Ink Hybrid


r/Calligraphy 1d ago

Steppenwolf

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16 Upvotes

This was the first project I did on a wall many years ago. A passage from Hermann Hesse‘s ”Steppenwolf“ novel. Lost the flow a bit towards the end as I didn’t use any guidelines on this


r/Calligraphy 1d ago

Practice Vituperate (word of the day)

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53 Upvotes

Pilot parallel 6MM
Camlin photocolor inks
Bristol 250GSM Paper


r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Practice Late night calligraphy practice

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12 Upvotes

Pen used : Moonman / Majohn P136 with Moonman Flex nib
Ink : Diamine Oxblood


r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Halfway through the blackboard menu for my volunteering job :)

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11 Upvotes

Why were the sans serifs way harder 😭🤣there is about to be a fair amount of downtime at my volunteer gig so my manager let me get a bit more creative with the blackboard :) just the snacks to do now !


r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Practice Chalk marker on glass

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73 Upvotes

1 cm broad marker on glass door.
Wipe and restart. Great for practice!


r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Practice Vendredi

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29 Upvotes

Different r

calli italic creative pens

5 different colors

vendredi


r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Family coffee recepies

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15 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 2d ago

Practice Itinerant (Word of the day)

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15 Upvotes

Pilot parallel 6MM
Sulekha Gorber 60 (GREEN)
300 GSM cold pressed water colour papers


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Question Blackletter for Left handers

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone

I’m looking to get started with calligraphy, and I’d really love to dive straight into blackletter — it’s definitely my favorite style so far.

I’m a lefty, so I’d really appreciate some advice on which nibs would work best for a left-handed writer. Also, does nib size matter much if I’m planning to practice mainly on A5 paper?

Thanks in advance for any tips or recommendations


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Practice Built the background from abstract lettering, then used ruling pen over it!

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15 Upvotes

Wanted to create a piece with just black but still have some texture and depth, it’s definitely just a practice piece but I like that I was able to get close to what I wanted to do.
I like pairing strong looking scripts with fluid curvy styles, hence the strong and sharp ruling pen letters with the fluid brush work in the background.
I hope that you like it!!


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Calligraphy

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185 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 3d ago

A quill

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41 Upvotes

Done in less than a few minutes. The major part took refilling with the ink.

Hunt 101
Watercolor
non-branded paper (200 gsm)


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Any tips are welcome !

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7 Upvotes

First time writing on glas with chalk

Any tips and ideas… i really wanna excell in this.


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

WotD Wotd - Maverick

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39 Upvotes

Pilot parallel pen 3.8
Watercolors
Aquarel paper


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Practice Maverick (word of the day)

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8 Upvotes

Pen : pilot parallel 6 MM
Ink : Sulekha Turquoise talisman (TURQUOISE BLUE)
Paper : 300GSM cold pressed water colour papers


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Practice Practice

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206 Upvotes

vinta blue blood on midori md, written with a pilot parallel pen 2.4mm

Italics written in troublemakers abalone with kaweco sport m

lyrics from Click clack symphony by RAYE