SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - There was a time when Chinese character calligraphers criticised Hangeul calligraphy for being "too unsophisticated." Luckily, a few calligraphers ignored ...

Calligraphy in ancient Korea was a creative activity reserved for the cultured class. Great thinkers expressed philosophies with calligraphy, sometimes accompanied with paintings, and exchanged them.

Beautiful fonts are indispensable when designing something such as websites and posters, but handwritten characters have a unique goodness not found in digital, and in recent years it has attracted ...

Breathing new life into the time-honored art of calligraphy, Paperfinger, a new hand-drawn design company, brings a personalized, human quality to everything from wedding announcements to logo designs ...

At first glance, they are difficult to decipher. On a closer, second look, the dots, curves and the ‘akku’ unique to the Tamil script — albeit stylised — reveal themselves. In straight, thick lines, ...