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[[Image:Calligraphy(1).jpg|right|frame|<center>Contemporary Western Calligraphy.</center>]]

'''Calligraphy''' (from Greek ''κάλλος'' ''kallos'' "beauty" + ''γραφή}}'' ''graphẽ'' "writing") is the art of writing (Mediavilla 1996: 17).  A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner" (Mediavilla 1996: 18). The story of writing is one of aesthetic evolution framed within the technical skills, transmission speed(s) and materials limitations of a person, time and place (Diringer 1968: 441). A style of writing is described as a script, hand or alphabet (Fraser & Kwiatkowski 2006; Johnston 1909: Plate 6).

'''Calligraphy''' (from Greek ''κάλλος'' ''kallos'' "beauty" + ''γραφή}}'' ''graphẽ'' "writing") is the art of writing (Mediavilla 1996: 17).  A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner" (Mediavilla 1996: 18). The story of writing is one of aesthetic evolution framed within the technical skills, transmission speed(s) and materials limitations of a person, time and place (Diringer 1968: 441). A style of writing is described as a script, hand or alphabet (Fraser & Kwiatkowski 2006; Johnston 1909: Plate 6).