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Writing on the walls
Most people with English rattling around their heads give little thought to what their language looks like.
“Weaving Words, Weaving Dreams” by Marina Soria
This autumn we noticed some extraordinary activity on Marina Soria’s social network page (the International Exhibition of Calligraphy participant).
The Power of the Handwritten Note
I received a letter the other day. The kind that arrives in the mail, with a stamp and a colorful envelope addressed to me.
Ink a better future
Calligraphy has always been pursued as a hobby. With the changing times, however, this art has become a sought after profession.
Arrows for ambition, flowers for family - a graphologist translates your idle scribbles
What you choose to doodle will reveal volumes about your personality and mood.
Huge artwork suddenly appears in Santa Monica neighborhood
For much of the summer, the towering creation stood hidden behind a draping of blue and black tarps, looking like nothing more than a big home construction project.
Your handwriting can land you a job
Your handwriting can prove to be the deal clincher if you are on the lookout for a job as several companies are using graphology before recruiting employees.
FBI Seeks Volunteers for Handwriting Project
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for West Virginia University students to volunteer for a handwriting study which will contribute to a growing biometric.
Just My Type. A Book About Fonts
Simon Garfield's Just My Type, published in England by the same people who brought us Eats, Shoots & Leaves, hopes to do for type fonts what Lynne Truss' surprise best-seller did for commas.
Stunning Hand-Illuminated Version Of Tolkien’s ‘Silmarillion’
For a school project, a German art student hand-illuminated and bound a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion.
Wear a calligraphy motif
Poosapati Parameshwar Raju's affinity towards calligraphy is well known in art circles.
Annual National Exhibition of Calligraphy in Pakistan
As many as 91 artists have been registered for displaying their exquisite calligraphic art at Pakistan National Council of the Arts for National Calligraphy Exhibition 2011.
Teenager Arrested for Threatening Letters
A junior-high school student in Yunlin County on Friday was arrested for allegedly sending numerous threatening letters to heads of government agencies, the police said.
Calligrapher’s Life in the Misty Norway
In the latest issue of “Landsmann” (“Countrymen”) magazine (#19, 2011), there was published an article by Svetlana Zheleznova – librarian in the Library of Askøy, Norway, about her famous colleagues.
Representatives of the Moscow Islamic High Council have visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy
August 18, 2011 The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy in Moscow’s Sokolniki was visited by representatives of the Moscow Islamic High Council headed by Mufti Albir Krganov, First Deputy Chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
Calligraphers still going against type
In a fast-paced world dominated by computers, these masters of handwriting continue to make art from letters.
The Middle East as a Universal Canvas
We tend to forget that, every day, we walk in a big, free open-air art gallery: the streets.
Making Your Own .ttf Font with a New iPad Application
Technology keeps offering its acolytes more ways to personalize their lives.
The Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy received a letter of thanks from the State Historical Museum
Aleksei Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy received a letter of thanks from Aleksei Levykin, Director of the State Historical Museum (SHM)
A participant of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy exhibited his masterpieces at the Museum of Oriental Art
Vasil Khannanov, calligrapher, artist, member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Honoured Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and a standing participant of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy, opened a solo exhibition at the State Museum of Oriental Art
The IX Calligraphy Symposium at Sunderland University
Many of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy project participants were warmly invited to the University of Sunderland’s IX Calligraphy Symposium
Zhai Xin: It's OK to copy my calligraphy
Wellknown Chinese calligrapher Zhai Xin is down to earth in his dress and speaks with a pure northeastern accent, but his simple appearance belies his reputation.
Signatures, doodles, handwriting reveal a lot about a person's personality
If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't put anything in writing — because Alice Weiser might see it.
Our calligrapher conquers British Higher School of Art and Design
On July 28, Aleksei Chekal, a Ukrainian calligrapher, one of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy participants, was giving lectures on fonts and the art of calligraphy during summer intensive course at British Higher School of Art and Design. Aleksei told students about general taxonomy of strokes, about “love and hate” between letters in monograms and calligraphic logos.
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Words Of Wisdom
Man′s beauty is in the beauty of his writing.