Italians invented calligraphy writing. But the word calligraphy comes from the greek words kallos which means "beauty" and the word graphein which means " to write". The writing was copied kinda by the Chinese.
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Calligraphy started in the stone age because it finds its origins in cave paintings. it is used as an art form all over the world. there are even 20 styles of calligraphy
Monks did calligraphy because when they wrote the bible paper was to expensive to write big so they created a smaller and narrower way to write and say paper.
the Chinese invented it so was Joseph Heller chines-es
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Calligraphy simply means beautiful writing and if you go on Google.com and type in calligraphy or even calligraphy alphabet it will come up with three pictures and a lot of written responds.
Calligraphy is the front used like 'Times New Roman' Which is what i am typeing in
Calligraphy is used for fancy writing for like a love letter or just a letter
Islamic calligraphy was used to represent God because they didn't want to represent God with images. Islamic Calligraphy is also well known as Arabic Calligraphy.
The answer you are looking for is CALLIGRAPHY, but calligraphy is not exclusive to Islam and can refer to any beautifully stylized letters.
Stone Street Press specializes in producing calligraphy books. Calligraphy is a special art related to writing. Calligraphy is what makes fonts that are used later on in other books.