r/Calligraphy

51K archived posts · Apr 2010 – Sep 2026

Calligraphy

r/Calligraphy

/r/Calligraphy is a community for people interested in the art of beautiful writing. Whether you've been writing for decades or are looking to pick up the pen for the first time, we invite you to join us! Check out the wiki & beginner's guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/Calligraphy/wiki/beginners

Created Mar 8, 2010

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Welcome

r/Calligraphy is a community for people interested in the art of beautiful writing. Whether you've been writing for decades or are looking to pick up the pen for the first time, we invite you to join us!

Have Questions?

Beginner's Guide

The Wiki

FAQ

Glossary

Discord

Our Official Discord Server

Quick Links

Study Sessions - Copperplate

Word of the Day

Quotes of the Week

Monthly Marketplace Threads

###Announcement

Rendez-vous 2019 Was AMAZING!!!

Huge thank you to everyone involved in making that happen!!

Guilds and Societies

List of calligraphy guilds and societies from around the world

RULES

Rule 1 - Respect

Be respectful and adhere to Reddiquette.
Mark NSFW for language.
Hate speech will not be tolerated here.

Rule 2 - Relevancy

Keep posts and comments on the topic of calligraphy.
Faux-calligraphy, drawn letters, and similar fall under lettering.
Handwriting and cursive should be posted in r/handwriting.

Rule 3 - Spam

No spam, no memes.
Post titles with media tags/names will be removed.
Commercial, promotion, commission or request posts belong in the current Monthly Marketplace thread.

Rule 4 - Content

We only allow work made by you or for you. This includes crossposts and reposts.
Submissions with potentially identifying info (e.g. names, addresses) must be obscured or replaced by obvious fakes or placeholders.

Team Letters

r/BrushCalligraphy
r/Scribes
r/shodo (書道)
r/shufa (書法)
r/arabiccalligraphy
r/calligraffiti
r/illuminatedmanuscript
r/ornamentalpenmanship
r/handwriting
r/lettering
r/signpainting
r/typography
r/graffiti

Special Thanks

Special thanks to u/slter for our wonderful "CALLIGRAPHY" logo at the top of the subreddit.

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