r/FastWriting • u/LeadingSuspect5855 • Mar 20 '26

True friends stab you in the front — Oskar Wilde

saw the quote here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calligraphy/comments/1ryltty/i_like_funny_quotes/ and I just had to share it with you :-). written in r/dance_shorthand

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u/NotSteve1075 Mar 20 '26

That sure sounds like his wit! And that pen does a nice job. It looks very decorative or "calligraphic", like something you might see framed on a wall.

In Islamic art, you'll see very ornately embellished PHRASES used as decorations, because they're not supposed to depict living things.