General Definitions
Letter Details
Styles
Spacing
Tips and Tricks
100
The art of beautiful writing
What is calligraphy?
100
The pointed tip of a letter
What is the apex?
100
Any calligraphy that does not use traditional fonts
What is modern calligraphy?
100
The space between letters
What is interletter space?
100
Helps beginners practice their strokes by replicating a given stroke
What is a calligraphy worksheet?
200
Writing utensil used to create calligraphy
What is the dip pen?
200
The line of which all letters sit
What is the baseline?
200
Characterized by its medieval blackletter script
What is rotunda gothic?
200
The space between lines of letters
What is interlinear space?
200
This orientation of the dip pen helps the calligraphist not to poke holes in the paper
What is an angled orientation?
300
The pointed metal piece at the end of your writing utensil
What is the nib?
300
The stroke or line linking letters together
What is the ligature?
300
Characterized by nods to its namesake's craftsmanship, such as intertwining knots
What is celtic style?
300
This is the space inside or surrounding a line/stroke
What is negative space?
300
The body part that directs pen movement for a smooth stroke
What is the wrist (or arm)?
400
The two separated points on the nib
What are the tines?
400
The shape or form of a letter
What is the letter form?
400
Style recognized by its scripted thick and thin strokes, created by a pointed steel nib
What is copperplate script?
400
This is the space enclosing a stroke
What is positive space?
400
This ideal of this is just past the hole in the nib
What is the ink amount?
500
A picture or image created from letters
What is a calligram?
500
Elaborate capital letters that appear at the beginning of text
What is the display capital?
500
Calligraphic style recognized by its emphasized display capitals and downstrokes, surrounded by relatively normal italicized text
What is flourished italic?
500
This is the space that is usually measured using the "n" for that font
What is word space?
500
This root is commonly used to clean oil residue off of nibs
What is a potato?
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