Links: Calligraphy

Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting. The word comes from the Greek καλλι (kalli) from καλλος (kallos) - beauty, and γραφια (graphia) from γραφειν (graphein) - to write.

Calligraphy in specific languages

Arabic calligraphy (الخط العربي)

http://www.islamicart.com/main/calligraphy
http://www.arabicfonts.com/cgallery.asp
http://arabic.speak7.com/arabic_calligraphy
http://www.zakariya.net

Chinese calligraphy (書法/书法)

http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html
http://www.asiawind.com/art/callig/calligal.htm
http://www.tongram.com/gallery/default.asp
http://home.flash.net/~cameron/calligraphy/collection.htm
http://www.rice-paper.com/uses/calligraphy.html

English calligraphy

Calligraphy in English that looks like Chinese characters
http://www.vecusa.com

Hebrew calligraphy

http://www.impwriter.com

Japanese calligraphy (書道)

http://www.tnm.go.jp/en/gallery/type/calligraphy.html
http://www.kanzaki.com/art/callig.html
http://www.takase.com
http://www.japaneseshodo.com

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Mongolian Calligraphy

http://www.inkway.mn/english/mongolcalligraphy.htm

Persian calligraphy

http://www.rumigallery.com
http://www.persiancalligraphy.org

Serbian calligraphy

http://www.serbianunity.net/culture/language/carina/

Tibetan calligraphy

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/calligraphy
http://www.tashimannox.co.uk/gal.html
http://www.medecinetibet.org/english-index.htm

Tifinagh calligraphy

http://tifin.arts.monsite.wanadoo.fr/index.jhtml
http://www.tifinagh.web.ma

Other calligraphy sites

The Society of Scribes - a New York based non-profit educational organization which promotes the study, teaching and practice of calligraphy and related disciplines.
http://www.societyofscribes.org

The Calligraphy Centre
http://www.calligraphycentre.com

Calligraphy Art Gallery
http://www.davewood.com.au

Association for the Calligraphic Arts (ACA)
http://www.calligraphicarts.org

Illuminated calligraphy
http://www.inkwellarts.com/illucal.htm

Conceptual Calligraphy
http://www.ccelian.com

Calligraphy, Lettering Art and Artist Books - contains many galleries from various calligraphers, lettering and book artists
http://www.cecilia-letteringart.com

Calligrapher's Resource Database
http://www.calligraphystudio.com/database/

Schreibereien.de - calligraphy gallery (in German)
http://www.schreibereien.de

The Painted Word - an online calligraphy project by Julie Sparks to create two illuminated manuscript pages, one in Latin and one in Greek, using calligraphic alphabets from the medieval period and interlinear text in English.
http://www.jcsparks.com/painted/

CYNSCRIBE Calligraphy Directory - thousands of links to calligraphy-related sites
http://www.cynscribe.com

Mary Koperdraat Kalligrafie (in Dutch)
http://www.kalligrafie.nl

Taj Mahal Calligraphy - information about the calligraphy on the Taj Mahal
http://www.tajmahal.org.uk/calligraphy.html

Written Letters by Dominica - calligraphy in a range of styles and languages
http://www.writtenletters.com

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