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The principal tools for a calligrapher are the pen, which may be flat-balled or round-nibbed, and the brush. For some decorative purposes, multi-nibbed pens or steel brushes may be used. Basic work has also been done with felt-tip and ballpoint pens, although these works do not employ angled lines. Ink for writing is usually water-based and much less viscous than the oil based inks used in printing. High quality paper, which has good consistency of porosity, will enable cleaner lines, although parchment or vellum is often used, as a knife can be used to erase work on them and a light box is not needed to allow lines to pass through it. Light boxes and templates are used to achieve straight lines without pencil markings detracting from the work. Ruled paper, either for a light box or direct use, is generally ruled every quarter or half inch, although inch spaces are occasionally used. Calligraphy History A History of Calligraphy Calligraphy Tutorials and Instruction Art of Penmanship Analyzing The Style of Your Work Calligraphy Lesson Online Calligraphy Instruction Videos Online Celtic Knowork Tutorial English Handwriting An Online Course How To Fix A Mistake How To Hold Your Calligraphy Brush Italic Handwriting Lesson Learn To Draw Beautiful Lettering Ornamental Script Lesson Self Help Chinese Calligraphy Tutorial 5 Videos The Basic Brush Theory Calligraphy Online Tools And Guides Calligraphy Glossary Equipement Used For Calligraphy Hints and Tips on Using Paper Illustrated Guide To Chinese Calligraphy Calligraphy Downloadables Calligraphy Fonts Calligraphy Practice Paper Calligraphy Screensavers Foundational Sheets Downloads Scroll Template Calligraphy Alphabets Carolingian Alphabet Chancery Alphabet Insular Alphabet Italic Alphabet Unical Modern Unical Calligraphy Patterns French Border 14th Century Make Your Own Medieval Manuscript/Book Free eBooks The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens by Henry Bore (1890)

Space for Rent Feature Your Ad in this Prominent Position Tell Me More Writing started out as signs and symbols. The earliest evidence of such writing dates to cavemen of 3500 BC. Their writing system was of pictograms. The pictograms also turned into ideograms - for example the moon might mean "night" too. At about 3000 BC, hieroglyphics were sacred carved writings.