Calligraphy in the Digital World

With letter-writing and other written comminications being a thing of the past, it is not always easy to show of your art skills.  While it seems that the art of calligraphy of is slowly gaining popularity once again, the number of people that are beginning to communicate through virtual services such as email and voice over ip (voip)systems continues to grow at an overwhelming rate.  Does that mean that you can not still show of your calligraphy art?  Why should you not be able to communicate in this beautiful writing style? 

The truth is that there is no reason that you can't take this great art form digital.  In fact it may be easier than you think.  The website below offers an extensive collection of calligraphy style fonts that you can download and use when you type your next email or hop on a chat or messenger service.  Or perhaps you haven't mastered you caligraphy skills yet, but you want to include stylish invitations to a wedding, open house, or baby shower.  With the collection of fonts found at http://www.fontcraft.com, you can easily type your invitations in your chosen calligraphy style and print the invitations.  If you have a need to mass produce the invitations with a great deal of quality, you could even send the new invitations to a local printhsop to produce them for you.

Anyways, check out the site below and post a comment telling us which font is your favorite. 

Fontcraft's Scriptorium Fonts and Graphic Arts

None of these compare to your excellent skills?  You would rather have your own writing as a font on your computer?  Stayed tuned, and I will show you how you can turn your writings into a great new font.


William

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A Neat Little Art Newspaper?

This particular article talks about Don Quichang and some of his associates.  The article gives a little background on Don Quichang and tells us that the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has created and exhibit about Don Quichang and Tung Chi-chang.  In the section about Tung Chi-chang, we learn that Tung Chi-chang was considered to be a significant influece in the arts of painting and calligraphy. 

What I really wanted to tell you about though, was this site in general.  This site is considered to be the "First Art Newspaper on the Net."  It is a great little directory that leads to sites about artists of various influence.  If you appreciate learning more about those that have had influences on the world of art, you very well could enjoy using this site to find loads of interesting information.  You can find the the particular article that I referenced above by clicking on the link below.  This link will take you to ArtDaily.com.  Be sure to browse the site after quickly reviewing the article.

Don Qichang and His Circle at the MFA in Boston

BOSTON.- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston presents the exhibit Understanding the Master: Dong Qichang and His Circle through January 7, 2007. The controversial painter Dong Qichang (1555–1626) is alternately regarded as the greatest artist in Chinese history or simply clumsy with the brush. “Understanding the Master: Dong Qichang and His Circle” confronts Dong’s complexity by offering a rich selection of his works, centering on the famous sketchbook where he first tested his ideas. These deceptively simple sketches of rocks and trees provide a rare glimpse into Dong’s analytical method and serve as a key to appreciating his mature works, which are also on view in the gallery. In addition, paintings by Dong’s friends and followers in this exhibition provide critical context for understanding the great master.

Artdaily.com - The First Art Newspaper on the Net

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