Craft layouts that make your calligraphy shine. In this video, you'll learn how to set up the page before you even pick up your pen. You'll see basic techniques for drafting and planning your calligraphy compositions. This video is appropriate for both beginning and intermediate calligraphers. See the Chapters below to skip around in the video!

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:47 Materials for Drafting Your Calligraphy Layout
2:14 Start Your Calligraphy with a Sketch
3:50 Planning for a Block of Text
7:53 Calculating Your Margins
11:59 Finding the Optical Center of Your Calligraphy Layout
13:32 My Calligraphy Layout Mistakes
15:18 Hierarchy of Text

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