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Calligraphy
| Field | What field the skill applies to |
| Went Obsolete | 1990s |
| Made Obsolete By | Digital Typography, True-Type and Post-Script Fonts |
| Knowledge Assumed | Penmanship, Knowledge of Scripts, Use of Nibs, Use of Ink |
| When useful | Calligraphy is currently useful only in rare artistic situations or for the scribing religious texts. |
Calligraphy is the art of writing. A contemporary definition of calligraphic practice is “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious and skillful manner”.
- The skill of using Calligraphy is not obsolete. Invitations, such as for a wedding, and the like utilize calligraphy all the time. For one example, with thousands of weddings each year using envelopes that are hand-addressed using Calligraphy, it can hardly be said it is obsolete or only used in “rare” situations.
