The practice of calligraphy dates back over 3,000 years. However, the English term was actually coined around the mid-15th century with the invention of the printing press in Europe. Since that time, ...

BEIJING - When Deng Shenyi used a brush to write calligraphy in New York City in 2008, most of the audience couldn't understand the pictographic words. A piece of Deng Shenyi's work which reads "Wish ...

THE IDEA of writing English in a Chinese way may sound weird. But this is the essence of award-winning artist Xu Bing's 'square-word calligraphy'. 'Square words', developed by Xu, look like Chinese ...

Clothes designers across the Middle East are increasingly using Arabic calligraphy in their designs – which some see as a way to keep their language and culture in fashion. Arabic letters inscribed on ...