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Contents:
- What is calligraphy?
- Getting started with calligraphy
- Calligraphy Sets
- Fountain Pens
- Calligraphy Pens
- Calligraphy Marker Pens
- Calligraphy Manual
What is calligraphy?
The term calligraphy comes from the Greek words that mean 'beautiful writing', and relates to the visual expression of words. It's a fun, creative hobby that provides a great sense of achievement. Plus, you don't have to be an artist to study calligraphy - making it a craft that everyone can enjoy! Your calligraphy can be applied to a wide range of personal projects, such as greetings cards, business cards, posters, invitations, gift tags, certificates, place cards and awards. A calligraphy set can also be a beautiful present for someone who enjoys crafts or wants to try their hand at calligraphy.
Getting started with calligraphy
You don't need much equipment to get you started on the art of beautiful writing. Here at the Online Pen Company we stock a wide range of calligraphy pens and gift sets, across a range of brands.
Pen
To start calligraphy you will need a pen with a broad edged nib. This type of nib allows you to achieve the thick and thin strokes that you see in calligraphy lettering. It is recommended for beginners to start off using a calligraphy marker pen or a calligraphy fountain pen, as these will help you understand the shape of the letters. Then you can move on to using a balanced calligraphy pen with a fountain pen nib or a dip pen nib. We stock a range of nib sizes and generally the wider the straight edge the bigger your lettering will be.
Paper
Photocopying paper is often suitable for beginning calligraphy. Your paper needs to be smooth to ensure the sharpest letters possible.
Inks
We stock a very wide range of fountain pen inks and cartridges in a variety of different colours.
Calligraphy Sets
We stock a variety of calligraphy sets that are ideal for personal use or for gifts. Calligraphy sets come with a choice of nibs and some have other accessories included such as inks, cartridges, pen rests or wax sealing kits.
Manuscript
Manuscript are calligraphy specialists that supply a range of calligraphy sets for personal use, and some beautifully presented sets that are ideal for gifts.
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Fountain Pens
We stock a wide range of standard fountain pens that can be fitted with a calligraphy nib. The great thing about this is you can still use your favourite fountain pen for your calligraphy. There is a wide range of brands, colours, patterns, shapes and finishes of fountain pen to choose from.
Manuscript
Manuscript does a classic style calligraphy fountain pen that comes fitted with a medium (1.1mm) nib.
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Parker
The Vector range from Parker can be fitted with a calligraphy nib. There are 4 sizes available: F, M, B, EB. Just select the nib size you require from the drop down list before you add the item to your cart.
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Lamy
Most of Lamy's fountain pens can be fitted with a 1.1mm, 1.5mm or 1.9mm calligraphy nib. Just select the nib size you require from the drop down list before you add the item to your cart.
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Calligraphy Pens
Calligraphy pens are designed specifically to provide the perfect weight balance in the hand for calligraphy. They are usually longer than standard fountain pens and have a tapered end. They can be used with standard fountain pen ink cartridges or used with a converter for bottled ink. Calligraphy pens are designed for technical use so are not available in the same range of colours and styles as fountain pens.
Manuscript
The Manuscript Scribe series is available in a range of nib sizes from 1.1mm to 2.7mm.
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Rotring
The Rotring Artpen is available in a range of nib sizes from 1.1mm to 2.3mm
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Calligraphy Marker Pens
These are a great way to get started with calligraphy. They are also excellent for larger, bolder writing for example on posters.
Manuscript
We stock calligraphy markers from Manuscript in black and in metallic colours.
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Calligraphy Manual
We offer a calligraphy manual to get you started. This easy to follow booklet of instructions is printed in four languages (English, French, German and Spanish) and provides a complete guide to the basic calligraphy styles.
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