In the vast world of art they abound talents that are often not properly recognized, they do jaw-dropping things with poignant ease or dedication.
When the world recognizes these talented artists, they are usually already in the cusp of his patience or on his deathbed, but this is not the case for calligraphers, since these characters are outstanding artists who have the ability to play with shapes, strokes, colors and contrasts in a way like no other, that is why in this space we are going to mention a little about this impressive world and how you want to represent it.
What is calligraphy in graphic design?
To begin with, calligraphy more than an art is considered a conceptIt is as if each one of us represented ourselves through our writing.
This doctrine consists of study of letters and writing, of the form and technique used to make it and on which surfaces it is made. Without clearly knowing the origin it was stated that the human being was born with this desire to trace that was constantly evolving through history.
The tools we use to write have evolved to be what they are today and without thinking about it, we have maintained the tradition of using certain aspects that characterize our culture or our way of being.
But over time, the way in which writing tools are used has become more than just functional or in other words, nowadays you can find endless examples of beautiful handwritten or computer calligraphy. , then this at the same time affects this fact.
Technology has given rise to typography who seeks nothing more than to establish a writing pattern for the letters, this is easily confused with calligraphy.
The forms, the expression and all those elements present in writing are very well defined today and it is that the calligraphy it is what encompasses it, but more than calligraphy is the calligrapher.
What role does the calligrapher play?
The calligrapher usually handles all aspects of writing, you can outline it and bring it into a harmonic pattern or simply use the shapes to enter letters.
Perhaps for many the concept sounds confusing but in this world there are three aspects that have their own work environment and that are closely related to each other but without being equal, these are the calligraphy, lettering and typography.
To put it in few words, Lettering is a new trend that is predominant in the world of letters, they implement additional elements to decorate letters, writing is not something so prevalent here but creativity with contrast, this is a little further away from the letters themselves, so therefore In general, perfect writing is not required.
Calligraphy instead, yeah seeks to highlight each stroke making the letters stand out by themselves, with the respective grammar rules.
Now, typography as we have mentioned above is a system that has been introduced due to the birth of computers in our society. These are the ones that establish rules so that the letters can be used as templates without these being extravagant at the time of being used but without losing their respective aesthetics.
Knowing these differences, we can dedicate a small space to the most famous artists of the wonderful art of calligraphy, they have stood out for their passionate and inspiring work and it must be said that they are mostly dedicated to freelance and teaching, but never without abandoning his art, among the great calligraphers stand out Ricardo Rousselot, Ivan Castro, Martina Flor, Keith Adams, Jessica Hische, Johan Quirós, Rob Draper, Seb Lester, Julien Breton, El Seed, Mr. Zé, Glen Weisgerber, Oriol Miró, Marian Bantjes, among others…