Secrets of ancient calligraphers on iPad

Technological progress has made it possible to transfer a very refined art of calligraphy on electronic devices. It is truly written by hand and not taped on devices’ keyboards. Independent development team, Etienne Nguyen Tan Hon and Yong Jie Hu have recently announced the launch of Calligraphy Art on the App Store. Calligraphy is an art that anyone can practice. If you can write a letter, you can calligraphy it in a really beautiful way with many different styles, dating from 2000 years ago to the modern hands. All the great painting apps on the App Store provide a calligraphic pen to the user. But their tool is not specialized in calligraphy art. But now anyone can feel himself a calligrapher. You can practice both Western and Chinese styles with accurate calligraphic pens, 7 different pen effects, 1 sharp-pointed nib pen, 4 art brushes.

Image Chinese CaoShu style (Grass writing)

Beginners can find pre-drawn guidelines, models of letters in Western and Chinese styles. It’s interesting to know that calligraphy will help you to impressively upgrade your handwriting in a short time. Compared with real life calligraphy, there are a couple of more things you can do in digital device:

  • Zooming your work in and out (up to 2000%) for more accuracy
  • Unlimited undos and redos to keep your drawing clean, or change your ideas
  • Erase the ink writing without dirty marks
  • Export and share your work with a transparent background. It can be integrated into a larger masterpiece
  • Duplicate and share your work without limit
  • Pen angles are always kept constant whatever the movements of your hands
  • Your fingers and clothes don’t get dirty with the inks and colors
  • Pens and brushes are always filled with ink. You don’t need to reload them in the middle of a letter
Image European sharp-pointed nib pen

Calligraphy Art 1.0 is available worldwide exclusively through Apple’s App Store in the Entertainment category. Source: Apple News


Calligraphy on iPad