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Article: Calligraphy: Letters composed by writers who care about art and style.(Metropolitan Times)(Life Times)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 17, 1997
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Believe it or not, calligraphy - the art of beautiful writing - is "flourishing" in the computer age.
But be careful how you use the word "flourish." Longtime professionals such as Rose Folsom define flourish as a sweeping gesture that is like a hand dancing on paper. Technically, she says, a swooping stroke down - what amateurs would call a flourish - is a "swash."
Calligraphy itself she calls "disciplined freedom." Like ice-skating, in which she also excels, it keeps its practitioners always on edge.
"Every time you put a mark on paper, you put yourself on line," calligrapher and letter-design expert Julian Waters said in a video ...