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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Why did you start calligraphy?

« on: January 27, 2019, 01:57:12 PM »

Hi guys, I thought this thread might be fun! I would love to know how everyone started even though I'm still a newbie myself.

To begin with, I will talk about myself for a little bit. I started calligraphy because, even though English is not my first language, the elegance in the variation of lines is so attractive to me. The first time I saw a calligraphy art was on social media, and it was simply fascinating! So I bought a bunch of nibs and began my journey 

What about you all? Feel free to share your story in the comments

Edit: Thank you all for every single comment!!! It's being really fun reading everyone's stories. But more is always welcome! Please do add your story to our list if you feel like to!

Best Wishes.

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Copperplate, Engrosser's Script, Roundhand Calligraphy / Best works to trace on?

« on: January 23, 2019, 01:30:52 PM »

Hi all, I've been practicing on copperplate for a couple months and some posts in this forum suggested tracing as a practice method. I thought this idea was very practical on building some muscle memory. However, I wasn't able to find a lot of best-suited works for my purpose after some research. Most copperplate works online are exemplars, but it would be really nice if I can find complete writings so I can print and trace to practice with the spacing, breaks, shading width etc. I did find an awesome sample from IAMPETH (attached), but I would really appreciate more!

A big thank you in advance!

p.s. hope I'm not posting too much!

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Technical Support & Feedback / Is there a way to "bookmark" or "save" a post?

« on: January 22, 2019, 01:25:20 PM »

I found many amazing posts in this forum that I would like to "keep" it in some way with my account. So I can access all the posts I "saved" by going to a certain page.
I'm really new here so I'm not familiar with all the functions of this forum. Would be glad to know if such a function exists or not!
Thanks for any help in advance

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Open Flourish | General Discussion / Is a lightbox worth it?

« on: January 21, 2019, 04:01:27 PM »

Hi all, recently I'm thinking about getting a lightbox because I'm entering a calligraphy contest in my neighborhood, and printing guidelines is not allowed. I'm merely a beginner hobbyist so I'm not sure if this $20 will be worth it as I don't see myself using it in the near future. Does anyone have any insights to share? Did you like your lightbox? Do you think it's worth the money?
Thank you!

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Show & Tell / Harry Potter!

« on: January 06, 2019, 05:04:26 PM »

Copperplate is the first pointed pen script that I learned! I hope I can learn more in the future 

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Introductions / Hello, this Athina, a newbie from U.S.!

« on: January 06, 2019, 04:55:48 PM »

I started my calligraphy journey a few months ago; it has been really fun and edifying for me! I hope I can contribute more to this forum and meet more of you guys