calligraphic
Like fancy script
Calligraphic describes writing or design that displays the qualities of calligraphy—elegant, flowing letterforms produced with deliberate strokes: calligraphic flourishes, a calligraphic style.
The word applies to handwriting, typefaces that mimic such writing, or any visual element with similar graceful, sweeping lines: The artist's calligraphic brushwork gave the painting movement.
Feather used for writing
stylus · fountain pen · dip pen · reed pen · parchment · vellum · papyrus · rice paper
Joined handwriting style
- italicSlanted letter style
- uncialRounded ancient letterform
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
blackletter · roman · insular · chancery · roundhand · majuscule · minuscule · serif
Gracefully refined, tasteful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- refinedPurified or cultured
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
balanced · rhythmic · expressive · precise · fluid · delicate · lyrical · ornate
Sudden brain blood blockage
- letterformA character's visual structure
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- ascenderOne moving upward
- descenderLetter part below baseline
ligature · swash · flourish · hairline · downstroke · upstroke · crossbar · bowl
To grow vigorously
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
embellishment · gilding · illumination · cartouche · interlace · decoration · border · motif
Provision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- scrollWound document of parchment
- codexAncient bound manuscript
- engrossingCompletely holding one's attention
scribe · scriptorium · palimpsest · rubric · colophon · sutra
quill
Feather used for writing
inkwell · stylus · fountain pen · dip pen · reed pen · parchment · vellum · papyrus · rice paper · pigment
cursive
Joined handwriting style
copperplate · blackletter · roman · insular · chancery · roundhand · majuscule · minuscule · serif · script
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
harmonious · balanced · rhythmic · expressive · precise · fluid · delicate · lyrical · ornate · gestural
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
- letterformA character's visual structure
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- ascenderOne moving upward
descender · ligature · swash · flourish · hairline · downstroke · upstroke · crossbar · bowl · counter
flourish
To grow vigorously
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
scrollwork · embellishment · gilding · illumination · cartouche · interlace · decoration · border · motif · acanthus
illumination
Provision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- scrollWound document of parchment
- codexAncient bound manuscript
engrossing · scribe · scriptorium · palimpsest · rubric · colophon · sutra
- linesstraight line, line, dotted line, dashed line, solid line
- fontsHelvetica, Arial, Georgia, Verdana, Times
calligraphictyped
Input via keyboard
printed · typewritten · typeset · computer-generated · digital
calligraphicscrawled
Wrote in messy haste
illegible · messy · sloppy · crude · unreadable
calligraphicplain
Basic and unremarkable
unadorned · utilitarian · sans-serif · blocky · stark
- calligraphy pensImplements for artistic handwriting
- calligraphy brushImplement for artistic lettering
- Chinese calligraphyArtistic writing with brush
- Arabic calligraphyOrnamental writing in Arabic script
- calligraphy setArtistic handwriting equipment collection
- modern calligraphyExpressive, rule-breaking script art
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