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{{Short description|Visual art related to writing}}
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'''Calligraphy''' ({{etymology|grc|''{{Wikt-lang|grc|καλλιγραφία}}'' ({{grc-transl|καλλιγραφία}})|beautiful writing}}) is a [[visual art]] related to [[writing]]. It is the design and execution of [[lettering]] with a [[pen]], [[ink brush]], or other writing instruments.<ref name="mediaville1996" />{{rp|17}} Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner".<ref name="mediaville1996" />{{rp|18}}

In [[East Asia]] and the [[Muslim world|Islamic world]], where written forms allow for greater flexibility, [[Islamic calligraphy|calligraphy]] is regarded as a significant art form, and the form it takes may be affected by the meaning of the text or the individual words.

Modern Western calligraphy ranges from functional inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where the legibility of letters varies.<ref name="mediaville1996" />{{page needed|date=August 2016}} Classical calligraphy differs from [[type design]] and non-classical hand-lettering, though a calligrapher may practice both.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pott |first=G. |title=Kalligrafie: Intensiv Training |publisher=Verlag Hermann Schmidt |year=2006 |isbn=978-3-87439-700-1 |language=de |trans-title=Calligraphy: Intensive Training}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pott |first=G. |title=Kalligrafie: Erste Hilfe und Schrift-Training mit Muster-Alphabeten |publisher=Verlag Hermann Schmidt |year=2005 |isbn=978-3-87439-675-2 |language=de}}</ref>{{sfn|Zapf|2007}}<ref name="zapf2006">{{Cite book |last=Zapf |first=H. |title=The World of Alphabets: A kaleidoscope of drawings and letterforms |year=2006}} CD-ROM</ref>

[[Western calligraphy]] continues to flourish in the forms of [[wedding invitations]] and event invitations, [[font design]] and [[typography]], original hand-lettered [[logo]] design, [[religious art]], announcements, [[graphic design]] and commissioned calligraphic art, cut [[Rock (geology)|stone]] [[inscription]]s, and memorial documents. It is also used for [[Theatrical property|props]], moving images for film and television, [[testimonial]]s, [[birth certificate|birth]] and [[death certificate]]s, maps, and other written works.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Propfe |first=J. |title=SchreibKunstRaume: Kalligraphie im Raum Verlag |publisher=[[Callwey Verlag]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-3-7667-1630-9 |location=Munich |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Geddes |first1=A. |title=Miracle: a celebration of new life |last2=Dion |first2=C. |publisher=Photogenique Publishers |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7407-4696-3 |location=Auckland}}</ref>

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