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wp086c4170_1b.jpg When planning a piece of calligraphy you need to take the overall size of the finished work into account (click on the diagram to the left). Use pencil and pen drafts to plan the design.

 

:: HINT :: It is worth remembering that the lettering is not easily corrected if you go wrong. Apply the lettering first and then the decoration. If you spend hours over elaborate painted initial letters and decorative borders and then do the lettering and make a mistake you might have a lot of repeat work to do.

 

wp6f9bc0bb_1b.jpg One way of making sure that your lettering sticks to the original measurements and design is to cut out the lines you wrote previously - and hold them under the line you are writing - to act as a placement guide (click on the diagram to the right).

 

You will probably need to complete at least one properly written piece to get the real, finished, size and the feel of what you are doing.

 

Leave the ink to dry for some time before attempting to do any more work or before erasing any pencil guidelines. You don't want to smudge anything because of impatience.

 

Page proportions are important for the overall look of the work and the diagrams below (click for larger images) show the formula for margin measurements. This will work whatever the size and orientation of the paper. You can use the same formula for including any decorative borders within the page layout.

 

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If you are going to frame your work (and why not, after all the hard work you've put into it) you will also need to leave room for for the frame.

 

 

 

PLANNING YOUR CALLIGRAPHY PROJECT

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