eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.

Calligraphy Letters & Punctuation

Video Preview

Summary: Punctuation is a huge aspect of calligraphy that can add or take away from your piece. Learn tips on how to place punctuation from a calligraphy expert in this free video clip.

Views:
109
Presenter
By Mary W. Hart
eHow Presenter

Mary W. Hart has been a calligrapher for over 35 years, since she first learned it as a student of Arnold Bank at Carnegie Mellon University, in the course of my studies for a Graphic...read more

Post a Comment

Post a Comment

Video Transcript

"So now that you know the punctuation marks, let's take a look at how they fit in with the letters. And because they are small, often very small, sort of tiny marks, we're going to be able to tuck them into the letters a little bit more than you might think. So if we're ending a sentence and let's say I'm ending a word n I might just put the period right there. If I'm adding an apostrophe, so let's say r apostrophe, I'm going to put the apostrophe up here, s. So depending if I'm putting a comma in, I might have a y and I'm going to tuck that comma right in. If I'm ending with a letter r, and I'm putting a period, I might tuck it right under the letter. In other words, we don't have to leave extra space for a hypothetical body of the letter. We're going to tuck these in close to the letters."

eHow Article: Calligraphy Letters & Punctuation

Related Ads

  • Have you done this? Click here to let us know.
Get Free Arts & Entertainment Newsletters

Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.   en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.

Demand Media
eHow_eHow Arts and Entertainment