Popular pieces of calligraphy are usually written ... But the size of the letters used doesn’t necessarily define its artistic value. Many scholars view smaller pieces with small characters as more ...

Of all our letter forms, the O is arguably the simplest. One stroke moving in one direction. A circle, perhaps an oval, grounded and elemental. A pair of rounded lips, an eye, an egg, the earth.

their era long over).As with all the calligraphy, Ungerer had to learn to form the letters. "It's literally like going back to school, sitting with grid paper and slowly learning each letter shape ...