as in handwriting
writing done by hand
she specializes in scrollwork with beautiful calligraphy
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Recent Examples of calligraphy
Unlike other similar large books of the time, the calligraphy within is remarkably uniform and changes very little throughout.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
There are titles on Chinese calligraphy, Greek mythology, and Baroque art.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
The tablecloth was a vibrant bubblegum pink; the menus, hand-written in loopy calligraphy; the stately centerpiece eschewed for a smattering of slim burgundy taper candles pierced ceremoniously through seasonally appropriate pomegranates.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
After trying out a deluge of school clubs — basketball, badminton, tennis, calligraphy — and failing at all of them, one day fate leads Minami to a driving range.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
There are titles on Chinese calligraphy, Greek mythology, and Baroque art.
—Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 23 Dec. 2025
The tablecloth was a vibrant bubblegum pink; the menus, hand-written in loopy calligraphy; the stately centerpiece eschewed for a smattering of slim burgundy taper candles pierced ceremoniously through seasonally appropriate pomegranates.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2025
After trying out a deluge of school clubs — basketball, badminton, tennis, calligraphy — and failing at all of them, one day fate leads Minami to a driving range.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calligraphy
handwriting
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Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.—
Karina Elwood,
Washington Post,
3 Jan. 2026
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This is also not the voice that was oblivious to what the newspapers and the magazines of the time said about her, or the letters in handwriting that meandered like tendrils on a vine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Calligraphy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calligraphy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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