This was posted from my TikTok, sorry about the watermark

I need the word حكايا in square Kufic

Recommend a good calligraphy pen that's available in India in under 1-2k inr.

Carpe diem

小羊楷書～百家姓之二十（皮卞齊康）

Working on a yule gift for my father

My plan is to begin writing my italic script this size. Because when I see it done with smaller letterings on pages. I love it and Im shooting for that effect.

G'day,

I've been doing calligraphy with European and Eastern style styluses and brushes for a number of years now recreationally for about 2 or 3 years now.

Two things that I've had difficulty located as far as resources are is a paper medium that is thick enough that ink won't bleed through. A friend suggested watercolor paper but I want to see what's out there

Currently I'm using undyed lokta paper and I started experimenting with papyrus sheets.

I'm also having trouble finding inks with that right thickness to them with Sumi ink I can just keep grinding the stick down till the ink is as thick as I wanted three but with regular calligraphy ink I am not aware of any products that would help thicken them or inks that come thickened.

any advice?

I’m awful at calligraphy, and my handwriting is horrendous, but im having a ton of fun with this gothic style. Once I’m happy with it, I’ll probably turn it into a digital font!

gold ink is a challenge!

This is me experimenting with my new bottle of Diamine’s Writer’s Blood. I used my frankenpen (Majohn C4 + 3.0 mm Parallel Pen) on Rhodia paper. The script is Fraktur. Yipeeeee!

How much flex and bend are you supposed to put on your nibs while writing round hand?

Obviously to get the contrasting widths of letters you have to apply some flex, but when you transition out of the wide stroke, do people simply raise their hand farther from the paper, or is the tension relieved more through the curve of the line, with your hand staying equidistant from the page throughout?

My in-laws are in town and we are doing Christmas with them early this year. My wife told me last minute that she wanted to include a note for my sister-in-law, since we were giving cash towards a larger purchase, so I whipped this together. For about five minutes of free-handing (I didn’t have time to set up rulings), I’m pretty proud of how this turned out.

I'm a begginer and have been using practice sheets but I feel like my improvement has stalled for three months and don't know what to do. I also can't really use a Pointed Pen, so I'm looking for different ways of practicing it. Any adivice on how to overcome that?

小羊楷書～百家姓之十九（樂于時傅）

I saw this one in one of my friends' apartment. Can anyone tell me the exact language (I'm guessing it's Japanese, yet I could be wrong) and the meaning behind it, please? Maybe even the lore and the context in which such paintings might have been made or commissioned? I'm genuinely interested.

https://preview.redd.it/3oi34fcxkx3e1.jpg?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f06bc7bdb0973a7b5ab0c5bfa59b2d883ad19ca8