calligrapher
Americannoun
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calligraphers
plural
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someone who practices calligraphy as an art or profession.
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(with modifier) someone who writes by hand.
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In fact, only a single dot over an i had been missing at the end, says the calligrapher, with no nightmare spelling mistakes discovered in the hand-stitched pages of copperplate writing.
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
St. John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville, Minnesota, commissioned the project and Donald Jackson, an internationally known calligrapher from Monmouth, Wales, in 1998.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
She studied with the lyrical abstract painter Richard Diebenkorn and the Japanese painter and calligrapher, Saburo Hasegawa, from whom she learned about Zen Buddhism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Use white paint to create a simple pattern like polka-dots or pinstripes, or break out your inner calligrapher and write folks' names in front of their assigned seat.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2021
Another brother of Francesco had the name of Girolamo when in the world, and of Fra Cherubino among the Frati Zoccolanti di San Francesco; and he was a very beautiful calligrapher and illuminator.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi by Gaston du C. De Vere
On TikTok, where users can find how-to videos or watch clips of experienced calligraphers at work, 63 percent more posts used #calligraphy in April 2024 than in April 2023, according to TikTok.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
“The skilled calligraphers and illuminators have created something more than an artifact of a particular religion or group,” Parish said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2018
It’s worth saying, I think, that while we can talk about Jack Phillips, we’ve seen cases like this arise from calligraphers, florists, photographers.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2017
Elected to England’s Society of Scribes and Illuminators when she was just 22, Sheila Waters became one of the world’s greatest calligraphers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2016
The Cistercian illuminators, or rather calligraphers, while they constantly repudiate the golden splendour and monstrous follies of their rivals, absolutely excel in this same ornamental draughtsmanship.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley
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