#calligraph

[rararatigan]

Context: I work in blood donation

[cecocd]

"Искреността убива приятелството и отблъсква любовта!" Cyrillic Calligraphy TSE #artgalleries #artoftheday #artcalligraphy #arttypography #bulgariaalfabet #bulgariancalligrapher #bulgariancalligraphy #bulgarianletters #handlettering #handcalligraphy #typo #calligraphyaddict #calligraphycyrillic #calligraphyphrase #calligraph #calligraphybulgaria #calligraphylettering #calligrafriends #calligraphypractice #keepwriting #tseart #love #frendship #tattoo #артгалерия #арткалиграфия #българскакалиграфия #калиграфиябългария #калиграфия #любов https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuY_ArofCB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cryptixotic]

Be real with me. You're sitting in a bar and a 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔞 with a massive sword rams into the door. Do you or do you not laugh

[terryorisms]

You won't believe what it takes to make ink by hand

Cheap ink was made by mixing burnt sheep’s wool with water. But high quality Sumi ink is used for calligraphy. Sumi is made from the soot of pine branches selected from trees in the beautiful groves on the mountainsides close to Nara and Suzuka. These two regions of Japan are prized for the highest quality ink. In harmony with the environment, Master Sumi Ink artisans create ink from the purest,…

[parisoonic]

can you draw some more medic and pauling...? I would love them just gossiping

have some doodles! Something something patient confidentiality....

[marlequinncos]

I directly translated Astarion's back scars

I'm a language nerd (even when the language is fictional), so I decided to directly translate the sigil that Cazador carved into Astarion's back.

I know you do find out the gist of what the scars mean in-game, but I wanted to translate it letter-by-letter, and then word-by-word.

We know that its a poem written in Infernal, which is the language of devils and the hells. If you translate it from Infernal, you get the following:

"Hoc inferius non iurare per ignis

Haec verba loquor

Et hoc mundo mutat"

As you can see, this is not English; its Latin, which makes sense since its a "magical language". Now, if you translate the Latin to English and fiddle with the grammar a bit, you get something like this:

"This I swear by the fires below

I speak these words

And this changes the world."

Obviously this ties in very closely with Astarion's backstory and I think its very cool that Larian took the time to actually make the scars real text instead of just random texture.

ETA: I want to point out that the "non" in the first Latin sentence doesn't actually make grammatical sense. I think its probably there to look cool/fill in the physical design, because excluding it makes the sentence itself make sense, and its exclusion works in the context of the sigil's purpose. So that's why I omitted it from my translation.

[naomiknight-17]

Just got this sweet print by @theshitpostcalligrapher framed! In a gold frame, of course. As is appropriate.

Now to wrap it up nice and wait for Christmas when my brother (who is obsessed with this joke) will finally behold its glory

[fontriver]

NCL Kisgade font designed by Enxyclo Studio

[thepastisalreadywritten]

"The Writing Boy"

In 1774 AD, during the reign of Louis XVI (1754-1793), Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jacques Dro (1721-1790) unveiled a remarkable engineering feat that would go down in history as the world's first android or programmed automaton.

Known as "The Writing Boy," this creation appeared at first glance to be a simple wooden doll with a porcelain head, barefoot, and holding a goose feather.

But hidden within this seemingly ordinary toy was a technological marvel, a writing mechanism powered by 6,000 intricate moving parts, making it the first automatic calligrapher.

"The Writing Boy" was a groundbreaking achievement, as it was capable of writing complex sentences, such as "My inventor is Jacques Dro."

The automaton was a product of 20 months of meticulous work by Pierre Jacques Dro, and its debut in Paris stunned the court of King Louis XVI.

The android's ability to perform such an intricate task showcased the high level of craftsmanship and innovation of the time.

This astonishing creation marked a significant milestone in the history of robotics and engineering.

Not only was it the world’s first programmed android, but it also demonstrated the potential of machines to replicate human actions.

"The Writing Boy" paved the way for future advancements in automation, solidifying Pierre Jacques Dro’s legacy as a pioneer in the field of robotics.

[baebeylik]

Calligraphic Galleon. Abd al-Qadir Hisari.

Ottoman Empire. 1767 CE.

Housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[fontfree]

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Monttocks Regular is a chic typeface designed to add style to your creations. 

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[freefontdownloaddotorg]

Nemoy Font : Free Font Download

The Nemoy font family is a sans-serif typeface designed by BSozoo. https://www.freefontdownload.org/en/nemoy-light.font

[cecocd]

"Един миг предпазливост, спестява години лечение!" Cyrillic Calligraphy TSE #artgalleries #artoftheday #artcalligraphy #artlettering #art #bulgariastreetart #bulgariacalligrafia #bulgariacalligraphy #bulgariaalfabet #calligraphyaddict #calligraphycyrillic #calligraphyphrase #calligraph #calligraphylettering #calligraphy #calligraphybulgaria #calligraphyhand #calligraphyhand #calligraphypractice #calligraphyart #tseart #typographic #typo #typography #handlettering #артгалерия #арткалиграфия #българскакалиграфия #българица #калиграфиябългария #калиграфия https://www.instagram.com/p/CpskHjiobOZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[miamaimania]

"Bluviola" (1961) by Carla Accardi ☀ Tempera marks spiral through violet and indigo

[uwmspeccoll]

Decorative Sunday

Today we present all the chapter-head designs from Paraphs by Hermann Püterschein, printed in an edition of 540 copies at the Plimpton Press in Norwood, Connecticut, and published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1928. It was the first (and the only) production of the Publications of the Society of Calligraphers.

The Society was an entirely fictitious organization promulgated by the American book and type designer, and popularizer of the term "graphic design," W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956). Dwiggins had "founded" the Society in 1919 as a vehicle to promote his ideas about design and to promote himself as a designer of books rather than as the advertising designer with which he began his career. Dwiggins was the secretary of the Society and his alter ego Hermann Püterschein was its president; it had no other official members, although many were in on the ruse.

The Society produced three other publications (not part of the stated "Publications of the Society of Calligraphers") before Paraphs (1919, 1924, 1925), and a plethora of printed ephemera, letterheads, envelopes, documents, certificates, etc., to legitimize its official status. Dwiggins goals appear to have been successful as he soon became sought after by book publishers and type foundries, and Paraphs was the last Society publication.

The chapter-head illustrations for Paraphs are typical Dwiggins designs. Our copy is another donation from the estate of our friend Dennis Bayuzick.

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[parisoonic]

boring floating head