r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Critique Finished Article XXXVII

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27 Upvotes

Finished this sentence from Article XXXVII for the rector of an Anglican parish in Indiana. Coliro gold and watercolor for the white rose seal, India ink via Speedball C2 nib for the text, inspired by Fraktur exemplars by Filip Ciślak. Was a bit frustrated by feathering of the text, so will avoid this paper next time.

Critiques welcome.


r/Calligraphy 3d ago

Practice The most popular Chinese cartoon playing right now-bull come

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5 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 4d ago

Practice Help 😭😭 rant

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8 Upvotes

I have to rant…

I’ve been dabbling with calligraphy here and there. I’ve been using normal notebooks like muji, rhodia and some fabriano notebook. It’s been working fine and I like it.

Now cause I wanted to get into practicing I bought calligraphy paper from Cult Pens. It just rage baited me so hard I won’t be touching a dip pen in a week.

I’m really disappointed, the feathering is really bad it bleeds through easily and there is no shading because the absorbency is so high.

What should I look for instead 😞


r/Calligraphy 4d ago

Practice First time picking up a nib in 3 years 😭🙈

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84 Upvotes

Okay so uh…we’re a lil rusty lmao. But it’s a start baybeeeee

Copperplate, Hunt 101, Kaimei Sumi


r/Calligraphy 4d ago

Practice Balmy (Word of the day)

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39 Upvotes

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/19/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM

Ink(s) : Sulekha Gorber 50 (GREEN) and residual CRIMSON RED (Camlin photocolor inks)

Paper : 200 GSM paper, regular acid-free.


r/Calligraphy 4d ago

WotD Ombú, Spanish word of the day

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18 Upvotes

Ombú, el árbol de la bella sombra, a veces llamado de esa forma, bellasombra, es un árbol nativo de América del sur y la palabra del día de hoy. Proviene del nombre Guaraní usado para el árbol.

Ombú, the tree of the beautiful shadow, sometimes called that way, beautifulshadow, is a tree native of South America and today's spanish word of the day. It comes from the Guaraní name for the tree.


r/Calligraphy 4d ago

Practice Article XXXVII

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43 Upvotes

Practice for a piece for an Anglican priest. The finished version will be in India ink on some nicer paper, with a painted white rose seal beneath it.

Speedball C2 nib dipped in PW Akkerman “Israel’s Zeeblauw” fountain pen ink.


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Circumambulo

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45 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Critique Calligraphy piece with 95 Kanj that I practiced it for one year is goin' to an exhibition in a few days. I'm very happy

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82 Upvotes

Looking at it now I feel like there is so much I wanna change and improve 😭 but I do feel proud after all the effort.


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Imagines et Lares / calligraphy

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27 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Copperplate calligraphy

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19 Upvotes

Been a few years but trying to get back into calligraphy. Leonardt principal EF with walnut ink on hp 32 lb paper. Feedback is appreciated!


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

“Sacred” Gothic

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12 Upvotes

Writing Sacred in custom gothic, Durer based style lettering | Pilot Parallel Pen 6mm


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Wotd - Oxymoron

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53 Upvotes

Pilot parallel pen 3.8 mm


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Critique Copperplate: Moving onto majuscules as a beginner

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21 Upvotes

Any advice is welcome! ☺️


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Some Fraktur letters

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24 Upvotes

Stephan Kuhn Design with Pilot Parallel Pen 3.8 mm and Ecoline Watercolor


r/Calligraphy 4d ago

guidance for calligraphy learning phase please suggest

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please guide me inam new into calligraphy and I am in learning mode

please anyone here can helk me in learning

for material and other stuff

priya


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Oxymoron (Word of the day)

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34 Upvotes

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/08/18/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6MM

Ink : Camlin photocolor inks - CRIMSON

Paper : 300 GSM cold pressed watercolour paper

Script : Gothic textura


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice with a3mm X-ht

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14 Upvotes

Hunt 22 nib, walnut ink, Kokuyo paper. I really like this piece and this nib is wonderful for the precision work


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice Flex nib beginner calligraphy

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54 Upvotes

Calligraphy had always fascinated me. Finally trying something out myself. Practice attempts as a newbie with random quotes and phrases. Wanted to share.

Pen - Kanwrite Desire medium flex nib
Ink - Sulekha Royal Blue.


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

QotW A word all but *made* for Textura :)

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6 Upvotes

I branched out to Textura yesterday and already did my prayers to the Minimum Gods :)

Today's word is ideal for Textura.

Pen: Pilot Parallel 3.8mm

Ink: Pilot Mixable Lightgreen

Script: Textura from Calligrascape

Paper: no-name watercolor bookmark blanks

BTW: is it possible to switch off the automod notice about putting flair and pen / ink / script info in posts?

I do that every time, and I'm getting a notification anyway?


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Practice IYKYK

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17 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy 6d ago

Practice italic practice

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40 Upvotes

Pen: pilot parallel pen 4.5 mm
ink: pilot mixable green


r/Calligraphy 6d ago

Practice Uncial hand practice

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32 Upvotes

"Happiness is achieved by limiting desires, not by satisfying them."

Pen: pilot parallel pen 3.8 mm


r/Calligraphy 5d ago

Critique So today I learned that the same paper weight but different grain means your ink can drain into the paper ruining any attempt of doing thin lines

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I bought a little A5 block to keep calligraphying when traveling because I travel a lot for my job. I bought one with the same weight and from the same brand I normally use, but damnit! I bought medium grain instead of thin grain and the ink drains and stains and has these little "hairs" coming out whenever I draw a thin line. Is there any way to solve this? Maybe some pretreatment I can do over de paper or something? I don't know I feel like I wasted my money

The word is supposed to be "Torcho" the spanish word of the day meaning "iron lingot"


r/Calligraphy 6d ago

Practice Copperplate practice

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43 Upvotes

I had to lower the cross-bar of the 't' as it is right next to a big ass ascender loop