Calligraphy


fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes:
She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
handwriting; penmanship.
the art of writing beautifully:
He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.
a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, especially Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.
Fine Arts. line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, especially that produced with a brush or pen.
Contemporary Examples

Porn Star Sora Aoi Is Taking China by Storm Isaac Stone Fish May 19, 2011

Historical Examples

Illumination and its Development in the Present Day Sidney Farnsworth
Fir-Flower Tablets Various
The Glories of Ireland Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3 Various
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day Sidney Farnsworth
The Life of Mohammad Etienne Dinet
Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing Enrico Caruso and Luisa Tetrazzini
Illuminated Manuscripts John W. Bradley
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day Sidney Farnsworth

noun
handwriting, esp beautiful handwriting considered as an art Also called chirography
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