Calligraphy

What is it?

Using a pen or other implement to create, as its Greek derivation tells us, beautiful (calle) writing (graphos). Unlike the lettering artist, the calligrapher typically uses familiar strokes of the pen to draw letters.

Hand-picked Links

 • Belle Lettere
 • Britannica: Calligraphy
 • Cynscribe Calligraphy Compilation
 • The Society of Scribes and Illuminators
 • Vellum Gallery of Calligraphy, Illumination, and Letter Arts
 • Victoria and Albert Museum: Modern Calligraphy Collection
 • CBBAG: Calligraphy
 • Islamic Calligraphy with Mohamed Zakariya

Martin Parker

People in the field of Calligraphy

We know of 115 people who work in this field:

A Ali Almasri Bernard Arin Ludovico degli Arrighi Yomar Augusto B Peter Bain Arthur Baker John Baskerville Konrad Friedrich Bauer Jill Bell Georg Belwe John Benson Bo Berndal Alan A. Blackman Johannes Boehland Raphael Boguslav François Boltana Charles Borges de Oliveira Philip Bouwsma Richard Bradley Chris Brand Walter Brudi C Will Carter Michael Clark Manuel Eduardo Corradine Giovan Francesco Cresci Carl Crossgrove D Donald Day Victor Yb Delgado Revueltas Ernst F. Detterer Antonio DiSpigna Timothy Donaldson Xavier Dupré William Addison Dwiggins E Jean Evans F Alfred Fairbank Felice Feliciano Peter Fraterdeus Henri Friedlaender G Michael Gills Kate Gladstone Illarion Gordon Yuri Gordon H Rosemary Hall Graily Hewitt Karlgeorg Hoefer Kris Holmes J Donald Jackson Steve Jobs Edward Johnston K Teri Kahan Albert Kapr Brian Kent David Kettlewell Akira Kobayashi Rudolf Koch Koi Hildegard Korger Alexandra Korolkova Jan van Krimpen Lyubov Kuznetsova

L Rudolf von Larisch Margaret Layson Gilles Le Corre Francis Stephen Lestingi Thomas Lincoln Richard Lipton Jean Lochu Sabrina Mariela Lopez M Oleg Macujev Mary L. Marino Alexander Marshall Gabriel Martínez Meave Dung van Meerbeeck Oldrich Menhart Gary Munch N David Nalle Masoud Nejabati Roger S. Nelsson Brody Neuenschwander Friedrich Neugebauer Gerrit Noordzij P Giambattista Palatino Martin L. Parker Dennis Pasternak Dragan Pešić Friedrich Poppl Herbert Post Thierry Puyfoulhoux R Stephen W. Rapp S Jacqueline Sakwa Werner Schneider F. H. Ernst Schneidler Peter Schnorr Satwinder Sehmi Paul Shaw Steven Skaggs Susan Skarsgard Elmo van Slingerland Rudo Spemann Paul Standard Nick Stewart Sumner Stone T Geoffroy Tory Duško Trifunović Jan Tschichold Carol Twombly V Natalia Vasilyeva Paul Veres W Hideaki Wada Julian Waters Emil Rudolf Weiß Berthold Wolpe Y Rachel Yallop Z Hermann Zapf Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse