The Influence of historical scripts on contemporary calligraphy and type design

Abstract

Traditionally, calligraphers and palaeographers seldom co-operate or collaborate. This is somewhat surprising considering both disciplines deal with the written texts in one form or another. One could argue that if we learn from each other’s respective fields, it would be mutually beneficial and enrich each other’s practice.

Keywords

• calligraphy
• cross-cultural
• digital media
• palaeography
• type design