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SIR
March 10th, 2017, 07:30 AM
What are your favourite words to write 'calligraphically'?



I was inspired by these words -

"Try writing your favorite words.
Enjoy the comfort of writing."

- which were in the note at the bottom of Notsim's picture in this post;
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/16404-guess-the-ink!?p=202302&viewfull=1#post202302

Some words are simply a joy to write; 'Calligraphy' is often chosen as a practice word in handwriting training and practice for its obvious connotations, but it also has an inherent capacity to accommodate demonstration of flair, grace, and finesse by the individual writer.

A similar word is 'Charity' - this is a word that, for me, lends itself to both easy and fluid writing, and also artistic expression.

We can be sure that knowing the meaning of a word, combined with the conscious act of physically representing it in ink on paper, can subconsciously communicate emotional connotations back to the writer's mind, as well as draw on and, perhaps even, 'cathartically dispel' emotional energy. We can also be sure of certain words having different connotations to, and triggering different emotions in, each of us; the same words will be capable of causing differing psychological reactions depending on each individual's personal experience.

RuiFromUK
March 10th, 2017, 07:47 AM
My favourite word is 'tea'. I don't write about it, I drink it! OK sometimes I write it as 茶. :tea::bolt:

inklord
March 10th, 2017, 07:58 AM
This will be in German, because I write German a lot, and I hope there will be no admin concerns: Victor jagt zwoelf Boxkaempfer quer ueber den grossen Sylter Deich (transl.: Victor chases twelve pugilists straight accross the great dam of Sylt). Please note that the 'ae', 'oe' and 'ue' (other than in 'quer') are German Umlaute and that the double 's' in 'grossen' is an 'sharp s' or sz.

SIR
March 10th, 2017, 12:04 PM
My favourite word is 'tea'. sometimes I write it as 茶


Victor jagt zwölf Boxkämpfer quer über den großen Sylter Deich

Since this is the 'art & calligraphy' forum, may I ask for a demo sample, please?

And for you...

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inklord
March 10th, 2017, 03:03 PM
Victor jagt zwölf Boxkämpfer quer über den großen Sylter Deich

Since this is the 'art & calligraphy' forum, may I ask for a demo sample, please?


And for you...

30767
OK, you just intimidated the livin' daylights out of me - my best calligraphy attempts seem to barely approach uniformity... :)
...and you obviously know how to do those Umlaut and Scharf-s characters (thanks for editing my text quote!), which I (also quite obviously) haven't mastered yet on these new-fangled devices.

notsim
March 10th, 2017, 10:03 PM
My submission :)

https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/17125478_267236373714942_7987159915103780864_n.jpg

manoeuver
March 11th, 2017, 08:35 AM
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3998985/2017-03-11%2010.31.47.jpg

Marsilius
March 12th, 2017, 08:57 AM
Yay! M is my favorite letter, followed by Y. M is so much like water, which is its origin as a pictograph in Semitic. Cool word. I also like that miniscule Y and H can be written as flipped over version of each other.

Marsilius
March 17th, 2017, 07:06 PM
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3998985/2017-03-11%2010.31.47.jpg
I also forgot the obvious, which is that, if written in just the right way, mininum spells minimum when flipped over. Good word!

SIR
March 19th, 2017, 06:39 AM
OK, you just intimidated the livin' daylights out of me - my best calligraphy attempts seem to barely approach uniformity... :)

Redraft, redraft, redraft.


...and you obviously know how to do those Umlaut and Scharf-s characters (thanks for editing my text quote!), which I (also quite obviously) haven't mastered yet on these new-fangled devices.

Google is one's friend, allegedly :p.

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teodormircea
March 20th, 2017, 02:18 PM
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170320/a2c075297f0018b94c4cebdf20898d01.jpg


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SIR
March 26th, 2017, 01:56 AM
Apparently 'happy' is another word which can be written in such a way as to be read the same upside-down ;).