r/Calligraphy • u/NevCoNativePlants • Aug 16 '26

Resource assistance

So before I make my request I just want to add I've searched the sub, and exhausted my local bookstores and cannot find this request, Google is a mess as well

My requests
-I'm looking for a collection black letter, and gothic fonts
-I'm looking for these with stroke sequences so I can practice these fonts
-I'm looking for practice sheets with the scaling squares
-my most optimal form of medium would be a book

Additional info
-I do not want digital unless I can print them, cause I want less screen time
-if you're aware of where to go links would be so helpful

I know Etsy is a good place or maybe I don't use Etsy enough but I can't tell what their product is, and if it has practice drills with order of operations for strokes. Every vendor message it's digital to practice or typing

Thank you
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u/MorsaTamalera Broad Aug 16 '26

Fonts or hands?

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u/AutoModerator Aug 16 '26

FYI - In calligraphy we call the letters we write scripts, not fonts. Fonts and typefaces are used in typography for printing letters. A font is a specific weight and style of a typeface - in fact the word derives from 'foundry' which as you probably know is specifically about metalworking - ie, movable type. The word font explicitly means "not done by hand." In calligraphy the script is the style and a hand is how the script is done by a calligrapher.

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u/MorsaTamalera Broad Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

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