Ann was a multi-talented artist, as adept at illustration as photography, calligraphy, fashion design and interior design.
This calligraphic-based tradition in type design has continued in the computer age with designers such as Charles Bigelow, Matthew Carter, Adrian Frutiger, Kris Holmes, and Sumner Stone, all of whom studied calligraphy before designing typefaces.
Short vowels, represented by a set of marks above or below letters, are sometimes used in calligraphy for design purposes.
Elaborate calligraphy and geometric designs often enhance manuscripts and mosques.
The 60 different tiles, made at the peak of the ceramic movement called Persian lusterware, have calligraphy and arabesque designs and gleam like polished metal.
These birds are crafted from calligraphy and ornament designs: the lines of letters brought to life as beautifully animated birds.
His graphic work and pen and brush lettering earned him a prominent place in the world of calligraphy and type design.
For his winning entry, he copied the words of Michael R. Sull, who owns a studio specializing in ornamental penmanship, calligraphy and lettering design.
Although revered within the closely related worlds of type design, calligraphy and fine book publishing, Zapf is all but unknown to the millions who see his work every day.
A legend in calligraphy and book design, Mr. Zapf, who uses passages from the writers Goethe and Hesse in his lettering samples, is equally renowned as an innovator in desktop publishing and word processing.
