Texting is the most modern form of communication (we still haven't figured out mental telepathy yet, right?) and frilly, pen-and-inkwell script is among the oldest (not including, you know, ...

When Larry Brady applied for a graphic design job with General Telephone and Electronics in Santa Monica in 1961, he knew his bachelor's degree in art from Montana State University in 1958 wasn't a ...

Calligraphy in ancient Korea was a creative activity reserved for the cultured class. Great thinkers expressed philosophies with calligraphy, sometimes accompanied with paintings, and exchanged them.

BEIRUT: Nathalie Fallaha may not be a familiar name, but her elusive branding design work in Beirut is almost ubiquitous. From boutiques to banks to grocery stores, many bear the hallmark of her ...

Shaqa Bovand is a type designer who works at F37 Foundry. Born and raised in Iran, she grew up surrounded by calligraphy – ...

"The invention of movable type is based on value and the spirit of writing systems in the west -- which is individual letters," Reza Abedini explains. The printing press posed a problem for the ...

Jana Janeckova, the owner of Listdesign, a graphic design company in the Czech Republic, still rememberes the movie about Chinese calligraphy screened in Czech when she was a child. Czech graphic ...

According to Janeckova, as China is playing an increasingly important role in the international community in regard of its fast-growing economy, Europeans consider Chinese a valuable language. Foreign ...