“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.”

— Leonard da Vinci

Calligraphy Guilds

Friends of Calligraphy

San Francisco Bay Area

Sea Scribes

Monterey Bay

Calligraphy Resources

The Virtual Library of the Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland, currently contains 131 complete manuscripts.

Designer and manufacturer of products for artists, including paints, brushes, substrates, and unique items found nowhere else.

A resource for anyone wanting to learn calligraphy including its history, glossary of terms, activities for kids.

Supplier of books, tools, and materials for calligraphers, lettering artists, illuminators, bookbinders, type and paper craft enthusiasts. Also publishes “Letter Arts Review” and ”Bound & Lettered” quarterly.

A treasure trove of calligraphy supplies — from inks to custom-made pen holders.

Art and calligraphy supplies such as inks, pens, nibs, calligraphy sets, and paper.

Colorado Springs Calligraphy Guild. Once in their website, under the “Guilds and Societies” tab is a file containing all the calligraphay guilds in the U.S. and Canada.

The Flourish Forum is a community for calligraphers of every skill level and all styles to learn, share, educate, and experience the love of the lettering world.

Calligraphy Conferences, Events and Projects

July 11 – 16, 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia
IAMPETH promotes excellence in penmanship, exchanges and disseminates knowledge in the fields of handwriting, engrossing and all related lettering arts.

San Francisco International Pen Show

Join Us
August 26 – 28, 2022
Pullman San Francisco Bay Hotel
223 Twin Dolphin Dr
Redwood City, CA 94065

A handwritten and illuminated bible created in a scriptorium in Wales by Donald Jackson, internationally know calligrapher and Scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords.