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Image by: Alice-wang Origin of Calligraphy Calligraphy is an aesthetically pleasing artistic font that emerged in the ancient Chinese Shang Dynasty and became widespread later, in the Han Dynasty. However, the word ‘Calligraphy’ translates to beautiful writing, originating from the…
Source The free presentation program was launched in 2006 by Google. This web application is available as an app for smartphones that run on Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows. The most popular presentation software, PowerPoint from Microsoft is highly compatible…
Source In any Operating System, all fonts are alphabetically arranged in a single folder. Even if we take the case of particular software like MS Word or Photoshop, we can see that they too display available fonts tidily. If that…
Image Source Introduction: One of the earliest font styles identified in Typography’s history is Gutenberg’s Black letter calligraphy. Since then, font wizards have added numerous font styles to the list. As such, the responsibility of identification of these fonts lied…
Image Source Thousands of elderly Chinese citizens have started spending their mornings drawing large calligraphic characters on sidewalks or in parks. The government does not count this as vandalism or property damage, instead, they actively promote this art form. This…
Image Source The magic of 3D, whether in lettering or art, is the oxymoron of creating 3D effects on a 2D surface. Traditional artists had created 3d images and lettering for commercial purposes on many materials besides paper. They include:…
We can find the results of stencil use in thousands of places across the world. From anarchist graffiti to Paleolithic cave paintings, from masterpieces of silk printing to mass-printed products – stenciling has thousands of uses. But for all its…
Image Source You must have heard of the term bounce lettering but do not know what means. Here is a guide to know all about this calligraphy style. It can be a vague terminology for many people. To put it…
Inkscape is a great software for any design project that you are working on and provides a wide variety of font styles. But sometimes you might not find the existing font styles on Inkscape software suitable for a particular logo…
Image Source Fonts have been a part of human writing since the discovery of publishing and printed text. With the advent of a number of metallic typesetting machines, designing letters and numbers that are printed on premium paper became an…
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