calligraphy
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To illustrate, she holds up a box of charred scraps covered in Arabic calligraphy.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
Kurosawa insisted on mixing black calligraphy ink with the water in the rain machines, to ensure that the deluge could be distinguished from the cloudy sky behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Mothersbaugh always knew he’d be in a band, but he went to Kent State to study art, especially drawn to printmaking and calligraphy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
Meghan radiates serenity and smiles brightly as she writes her own menus in impeccable calligraphy, guided by renowned chef Alice Waters.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
From the chair Millard replied, “I’m sorry, but it says right here in plain calligraphy: The Land of Serendip. The peculiar cartographers who made this were not in the business of making things up!”
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing calligraphy
Write On!: Graph and Gram
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - Introductory
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