And a word, written in black letter, uncial, Copperplate Script, Roman capitals, or even the “Star Wars” font by a professional, has all the virtues of those far more complicated handmade things.

It’s swirly, it’s swooshy, and it’s taking wedding season by storm. Katie Rosseinsky explores the rise and rise of the ubiquitous calligraphy-style typeface that’s cropping up everywhere ...

The alphabet is highly context sensitive; each letter is written in a different form based on whether it is placed in the beginning, middle or end of a word, or if it occurs in isolated form by ...

What it is: Loose, very feminine script that looks like it was done with a brush. This kind of font or calligraphy has a ton of bounce, meaning the letters don’t all sit on the same baseline ...

I've never been much of an artist, but as a child I used to spend long hours with font books, practising different bubble letters and quirky alphabets.

2. Practice Only The Capital Letters Now that you have a font you like, focus on the first letter of both your first and last names to practice. “For my name it would be L and H,” Hooper ...