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- aaaleman, on 04/07/2008, -2/+34Wow. I'll just stick to typing to avoid feeling utterly inferior.
My eye-hand coordination will be devoted only to GTA IV. - danielce, on 04/07/2008, -2/+15Please don't put a script font and hand writing in the same category, that's like saying that Modernism and Post-Modernism are the same...
Bad Laserblazer! - dtele, on 04/07/2008, -1/+11Calligraphy with a fountain pen or brush - I don't see it much anymore.
Cool - thanks - beyond12am, on 04/07/2008, -0/+9Wow. Extremely awesome collection.
"Nobody writes beautiful handwritten letters, and uses digital means of communication with smileys, abbreviations and standard lettering instead."
F'kin A :) - ItsMyWii, on 04/07/2008, -1/+9What I wouldn't give to be able to write script like that...
- SuperJimmyJimbo, on 04/07/2008, -0/+8Max Fischer: President/Founder: Rushmore Academy Calligraphy Club.
oh, and I wrote a hit play. - MrFanrastic, on 04/07/2008, -0/+7Makes me want to clean up my penmanship. I find that it gets even worse when I haven't written for a while. Kind of embarrassing considering the only times I usually write are when I'm sending a greeting card.
- kujo740, on 04/07/2008, -1/+7Chicken scratch, its what champions use. Do you want to be a champion?
- laserblazer, on 04/07/2008, -3/+8Writing by hand is an ergonomic nightmare. I prefer to select a script font and save myself the nerve damage.
- Adenosine, on 04/08/2008, -0/+5No need to be sorry, that was awesome. I'm trying to learn farsi/arabic script right now, really cool
- NathanCH, on 04/07/2008, -0/+5Sad that it's more of an art nowadays. Very impressive.
- SirWho, on 04/07/2008, -0/+5well, I saved Latin...what did you ever do?
- crywolf, on 04/07/2008, -1/+5Graffiti anyone? Anyways, calligraphy is such a beautiful art. Its truly amazing, and actually somewhat easy if you start out with a basic gothic font. Get off that keyboard and contribute to an art thats lasted for hundreds of years, you know you want to. :)
- MrHappy123, on 04/08/2008, -0/+4Calligraphy is not easy by no means. It is an art form which must be practiced like any other skill.
- scrag10, on 04/08/2008, -0/+4Your font isn't pretty enought to get dugg
- scrag10, on 04/08/2008, -0/+4teach me!
- SuperJimmyJimbo, on 04/07/2008, -0/+4fap fap fap
- jiller, on 04/07/2008, -5/+9***** THE RIAA
- MtheoryX, on 04/08/2008, -0/+3As a leftie, I can say that the fact that you're a leftie has little to do with why your handwriting sucks. I would venture to say it's because you suck, that your handwriting sucks.
- jessestorm, on 04/07/2008, -2/+5so.... anyone want to make a font out of these?
- veotho, on 04/07/2008, -3/+6THERE WAS A ***** PROBLEM WITH YOUR ***** POST! PLEASE STOP SPAMMING AND GET A LIFE!
seriously, we all know theres issues, just let it go - sgvprelude, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2People here in LA practice it all the time. Most of them are displayed under bridges, side of liquor stores and freeway signs.
- louiebaur, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Always thought calligraphy was fun. Never was very good with those pens, though.
- dougm68, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2I think callig went out because its really kinda silly and time consuming.
Sure its cool to receive invitations with this writing but if I got a letter from my bro with this writing
I'd call him a fruit and probably beat the ***** outta him.
For his own good. - serif69, on 04/07/2008, -0/+2Kudos for the mention of Alejandro Paul, IMO the best display type designer of the modern era.
- Nelka, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2I've tried to improve my penmanship over the years, but there's no hope. I have terrible handwriting, and am quite content to to stick with typing. Like another commenter mentioned, the only time I really write is when I'm making out a birthday or holiday card. Being somewhat dyslexic, I end up throwing away several envelopes before I get the address right.
- makkaveli19, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2sorry for the comment hijack but i just wanted to point out that farsi has the same concept of calligraphy. i find it really neat
http://images.google.ca/images?q=farsi+calligraphy ... - KSUdesigner, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Are you serious? It's not that difficult to learn on your own, and they certainly teach it in college art classes because I took a full semester of calligraphy.
- kingvik, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2But I do like space travel, but prefer bacon.
- Spottswood, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2comic sans or GTFO
- habenneas, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Fast, text-only mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Beautiful_Handwriti ...
- alpha754293, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful. I've been doing calligraphy since I was like 11. Still do at times, but definitely far less now. Tried to take my class notes once entire in calligraphy. That didn't work out so well -- it was too slow. Still, it's beautiful work though. My favorite's probably has to be Jane Austen's autograph manuscripts.
- OmegaWolf, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1That's to be expected since technology has made us lazy and illiterate.
- ki11a2k, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1great; but the digg intro doesn't fit the actual site, about half are digitally made.
still, dugg for coolness. - KSUdesigner, on 04/08/2008, -1/+2Wedding invitations are about the only thing I ever use it for these days.
- aceakm, on 04/08/2008, -2/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2vrPpmJOA
- tian2992, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Helvetica FTW
My handwriting sucks, chicken scratch, although this was REALLY amazing. - ulmanor, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Gorgeous! After many, many years I decided to brush up on my cursive skills... I recommend doing so to anyone who hasn't written (as opposed to printed) for years. The purpose of handwriting need not always be utilitarian: there's room, and a need, for aesthetic beauty as well, especially in personal correspondence.
- oldcyborg, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Even that much artistry,(writing pretty), might have changed my life. I have none. I was around doctors during formative years, and I write just like an old doctor does. Unintelligibly(sp). Something I still regret not trying harder to do.....
Cyborg - pikon, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Nowadays I think most of us have sacrificed fluidity for speed, and the movement stops at the wrist. It seems that good calligraphy/handwriting involves the entire arm. Epic post.
- morningchai, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I used to have really nice penmanship, up until around 7 or 8 yrs ago, when I started doing less artwork on paper and more digital design on computer. I secretly detest it. When I do have to write stuff out by hand, I'll admit, it becomes scribble, with the occasional "do over" because it seems like my hand isn't capable of moving as quickly as I think/type. Grr.
- Metasquares, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1All well and good for those of you who have legible handwriting! I'll stick with my keyboard, thanks :)
- danielce, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1but in this context he is comparing the two as if they are similar...
If not, the sentence would not make much sense: "I like space travel, but prefer bacon." - habenneas, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1LynxCache mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Beautiful_Handwriti ...
- dougm68, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1You can't teach our kid to write better at night when in between commercials lazy?
Quit blaming everyone else for your inadequacies. - life38, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1I have this friend whom sends me their letters in callig and it is just beautiful to receive something to read in such writing. Each time I read it, I find more of the personality in and the art form that it represents. Thanks Pauline.
- danielce, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1So if you had the choice between bacon or space travel you'd go for the pig parts?
- Lutremi, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1As much as I hate Bush, I think you're stretching this way, way too far.
- Metasquares, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1There are better things to use classroom time for, IMHO. In fact, this is one of those rare instances where I think the tests might be a better use of the time.
- sammydeath, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1i love that sort of writing. You can see some great examples of caligraphy on some modern street-culture clothing, although i think the popularity of script fonts has been over used to an extent
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