Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – ...

The black ink on DeAnn Singh’s fingertips is almost indelible. It’s an occupational hazard, and she’s slightly self-conscious about it as she sits down at her desk. Today she is titling the pages of a ...

One of the big differences between a type designer and a calligrapher is that nobody much wants to watch a type designer at work. Creating and refining a font is painstaking work that requires a ...

An online session on ‘The Art of Calligraphy’ in Arabic, Persian and Urdu’ was presented by Jawahar Kala Kendra. The hour-long class was conducted by calligraphy artist, Khurshid Alam. The programme ...

NEW DELHI – Calligraphy is often misconstrued as a fancy type of writing. While it is, I’d like you to know that it is not merely beautiful handwriting, it is more than that. To begin with, our ...