http://abduzeedo.com/taxonomy/term/186/all en http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-hand-lettering-plurabelle-calligraphy <h3>Calligraphy is one of those things that I've always wanted to be really good at, and to this day I still have those 'Calligraphy for kids' books and kits that my parents got for me back in the day. Unfortunately I never did get very good at it, but here's someone that did.</h3> <p>Molly is the Los Angeles-based calligrapher behind Plurabelle, where she specializes in envelope addressing, wedding invitations, greeting cards, personal stationary and even rubber stamps for return addresses (which, if I stayed in one place long enough to maintain a permanent address, I would totally buy!). Molly claims to draw inspiration in everything from illuminated manuscripts and vintage advertisements to graffiti and hand-lettered antique signage. </p> <p>Head on over to her <a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/">site</a> for more and let me know what you think via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/amlight">twitter</a>!</p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/bora_bora_way.jpeg" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/CUSTOM two names in digitized calligraphy, custom.jpeg" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.24.50 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.25.02 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.25.12 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.25.27 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.25.41 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.26.04 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.29.20 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.31.07 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.31.19 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.32.31 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.34.22 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.34.35 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.34.45 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 6.35.01 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 9.03.51 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 9.04.26 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/Screen shot 2011-07-18 at 9.04.50 PM.png" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <p class="imgC" ><a href="http://plurabellecalligraphy.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/amanda/plurabelle/six tea-stained, calligraphed gift tags.jpeg" alt="Beautiful Hand-Lettering by Plurabelle Calligraphy" width="600" /></a></p> <div class="nodeauthor-info"><h2 class="title">About the author</h2><div class="content"><div class="desc"><p>Amanda Macedo is a designer and blogger by passion and profession. Living and working out of her backpack, she can now be found in San Francisco, CA, biking, writing, dancing, and <a href="http://twitter.com/amlight">tweeting</a> .</p> </div><div class="clear"></div></div><h4>Sponsored Links:</h4><div class='author_banner'><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-7764262396280460"; /* Author 336x280 */ google_ad_slot = "0020356584"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><!--b1229df49e254d558b48cf6a7d7b099a--> <a href="http://book.abduzeedo.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/misc/abdz-book-banner.jpg" alt="Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers at Amazon" border="0" /></a><br/> calligraphy hand-lettering inspiration Typography Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:11:47 +0000 amanda 63965 at http://abduzeedo.com http://abduzeedo.com/inspiration-calligraphy <h3>Calligraphy is the art of writing and the best thing is that you just need two things to start learning and improving your skills: a pen and a paper. Here are some examples what you can do with it.</h3> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/290/3/1/Calligram_Ant_by_Inky_la_reve.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/317/8/5/Cadel_Q_by_Holyrose.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs24/f/2007/334/3/e/Love_calligraphy_by_Sayume.png" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/245/1/3/Desire_by_Versatis.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs9/i/2006/149/3/d/Curves_by_malikanas.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs7/f/2006/347/c/7/Cadel_E_by_Holyrose.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2008/027/6/1/One__2_by_samirmalik.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs14/f/2007/112/3/d/I_love_you_by_tweeny.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs9/i/2006/046/f/b/Calligram_in_your_Soul_by_Vic_Perfecto.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/242/9/1/Melodys_Rythm_by_rhythm_language.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/104/9/2/8mm_Clothing___1_by_lordmx.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p class="imgC"> <img src="http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs30/f/2008/045/a/5/Gods_and_Earths_by_lordmx.jpg" class="img" width="600" alt="Typography Inspiration: Calligraphy" /> </p> <p>All pictures from <a href="http://deviantart.com"> Deviantart.com</a> </p> <div class="nodeauthor-info"><h2 class="title">About the author</h2><div class="content"><div class="desc"><p>Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker &amp; musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on <a href="mailto:aloa@abduzeedo.com">aloa@abduzeedo.com</a> or follow my <a href="http://twitter.com/obstgemuese">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Aloa/138085942896496?ref=ts">Facebook</a> page</p> </div><div class="clear"></div></div><h4>Sponsored Links:</h4><div class='author_banner'><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-7764262396280460"; /* Author 336x280 */ google_ad_slot = "0020356584"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></div><!--b1229df49e254d558b48cf6a7d7b099a--> <a href="http://book.abduzeedo.com/"><img src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/misc/abdz-book-banner.jpg" alt="Abduzeedo Inspiration Guide for Designers at Amazon" border="0" /></a><br/> http://abduzeedo.com/inspiration-calligraphy#comments calligraphy inspiration Typography Fri, 30 May 2008 15:27:08 +0000 aloa 387 at http://abduzeedo.com