Calligraphy & Lettering Pens

Calligraphy, often called “beautiful writing,” consists of writing letters and words in continuous strokes using thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes. Calligraphy is a timeless favorite for creating invitations, certificates, framed poems or quotes, or any text that you want to present in a consistently beautiful way. Dip pens, flat nib pens, and fountain pens are a few of the calligraphy tools preferred by artists, although brush pens are growing in popularity due to their affordability and relative ease of use.

Hand lettering differs from calligraphy in that it is the act of drawing individual letters by hand rather than writing them in a continuous way. Although there are basic principles to hand lettering, each decorative letter can be treated as its own mini illustration, allowing the artist freedom of expression outside of a specific set of letters.

Blick offers a range of tools for both calligraphy and hand lettering, including dip pens, fountain pens, cartridge pens, brush pens, sumi pens, nibs, and pen holders, plus inks, ink cartridges, calligraphy and hand lettering sets, and other tools of the trade.

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