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Calligraphy Famous Handwriting Meaning Written Kə'Lɪɡrəfi N.书法 Man

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Pron [kə'lɪɡrəfi]
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n.书法
The old man is famous for superb calligraphy.
那个老人以出色的书法著名。
Vocab
calligraphybeautiful handwriting

Ever see a framed diploma in your doctor's office filled with fancy old fashioned curvy handwriting announcing they trained at such and such a university? Well, that style of writing is calligraphy, and it's mostly used for important public documents.

The word calligraphy comes from two Greek words stuck together, kallos, meaning "beauty," and graphein, meaning "to write" — literally "beautiful writing." In the days before printing was invented, all books and documents were written by hand using calligraphy, the most famous examples being the bibles written by medieval monks.

All forms of 'calligraphy' will appear on average once every 15738 pages.
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