The difference between western calligraphy and China's calligraphy is that western calligraphy is not written with a brush, but with a special flat pen at a certain angle to the paper, the most famous of which is the quill pen.
The early letters were invented around 3000 BC. From Greek letters to Latin letters. At first, uppercase was developed, and then lowercase was developed.
The first book of the Romans followed. These books have only a few simple hinges and are made of parchment. Reed pen was also replaced by feather pen at this time.
Christian belief played an important role in promoting the development of western calligraphy in this period. Because copying holy books such as the Bible was very popular at that time.
In Ireland, monks used to use the Ansel alphabet in Ansel font. In Scotland and other places, it has been called "island style" since then. This is also the heyday of clay-gold decorative manuscripts.
Charlemagne has brought great changes to western calligraphy. He appointed Akun Alku, the abbot of York Cathedral, and Akun to come to Aachen, the capital of Charlemagne, to undertake the task of revising all the scripts. Then, he developed a new handwriting for Charlemagne, and named it "Caroline Lower Case".
Gothic letters then appeared in 1 1 century. Italy also has the Office of the Chancellor of Justice and Italian handwritten italics. At this time, the font of clay-decorated manuscripts was also affected, so it prevailed for some time.
However, after15th century, the movable type printing invented by John Gutenberg made handwritten and hand-decorated books quickly obsolete.
/kloc-At the end of 0/9, william morris and others in the British arts and crafts movement once again discovered and carried forward the beauty of western calligraphy. Many calligraphers, such as Edward Johnston, Eric Gyllen and Eric Gill, have been influenced by him.
The important contemporary calligraphers in the West are AuthorBaker and Herman chaff hermann zapp. As calligraphy becomes less and less common in communication, western calligraphy is gradually seen only in special occasions and activities, and most of it is used in wedding invitations and notices.