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Part of the video series: How to Master the Calligraphy Style of Writing

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Summary: Learn how to design a calligraphy magnet in this free video series that will teach you everything you need to know about writing in this sophisticated penmanship style.

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joanna Joseph Joanna Joseph has lived in Canyon Country since 1974. She has been leading hikes in the southwest for the last five years, mostly with Elder Hostel, which inc... read more

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How to Design a Calligraphy Magnet

I'm Joanna Joseph for Expert Village. Now we're going to actually start a calligraphy project. The project I want to do today is a light one. My son just went off to school and I'm going to make him a refrigerator magnet. My son's name is "Easy". So I'm going to write "Easy does it," and I'm going to write it kind of big, and then take it to the copy shop and get it reduced, and turn it into a refrigerator magnet. So, the first thing you want to do whether it's a serious project or just a lightweight one like this is grab a pencil and a piece of paper and just making thumbnail sketches of possible layouts. There are, as I say, many different alphabets to choose from, and they, every alphabet has its own personality, the thing it can express, and then layout can express even further. So, I've learned in my calligraphy experience that you should push and push and push, keep trying more and more arrangements. It's usually the twenty-second thumbnail that I go with. In this case, I'm just going to show you a few. Maybe we'll try another one. And I'm going to keep in mind my format, which is going to be horizontal. So, something too vertical probably wouldn't work for a refrigerator magnet. I want him to be able to tack his shopping list onto it.

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