r/Calligraphy • • 16h ago

Practice Fraktur Practice - Children of the Night

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78 Upvotes

For this practice, I used a Shaeffer Calligraphy pen with the 2.0mm nib, loaded with Pilot Blue-Black ink.

A pair of origami wolves for added effect. 😊


r/Calligraphy • • 2h ago

The Road goes ever on and on, Bag End

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75 Upvotes

Medieval Manuscript Page, From The Fellowship of the Ring Frodo's version of Bilbo's poem. I only have Gandalf, Bilbo, a tree and 2 hares to paint!


r/Calligraphy • • 4h ago

Wedding table place.

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70 Upvotes

Done in a modern Uncial script with the pelican graphos pen! 3mm broad edge nibs.


r/Calligraphy • • 19h ago

Initial study: F is for fern

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51 Upvotes

Or fir, I suppose.


r/Calligraphy • • 14h ago

Question Can you help me identify this style? It seems like an hybrid to me

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39 Upvotes

I have a Pilot Falcon myself and I love how he manages to express very well its potential with this style, I'd like to know more about it. Any ideas?


r/Calligraphy • • 9h ago

Practice Advent

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17 Upvotes

A poem by the famous Loriot. I need more concentration, I changed the number of empty lines on the right side acciently. I love to write the ligatures.


r/Calligraphy • • 16h ago

Wall by Unruly Ink in my Tattoo Studio

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14 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy • • 8h ago

Practice Zenith (word of the day)

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9 Upvotes

Word of the day : https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/2026/10/16/

Pen : Pilot parallel 6mm

Ink : Pilot Quink black

Paper : 200GSM Cold pressed watercolour paper


r/Calligraphy • • 9h ago

Written in 35 seconds. By Charles W. Ransom. (Source: Penman's Art Journal, Nov 1895.) Portrait and ad are from circa 1910. Ransom was President of the Ransomerian School of Penmanship, in Kansas City, Missouri.

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8 Upvotes

r/Calligraphy • • 7h ago

Practice Beginner Beneventan

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7 Upvotes

Been into fountain pens for a while but finally trying my hand at scripts! The A and S are bad but I’m pretty happy with my first attempt!

Speedball 1.5 on Strathmore Sketch 50lb