The Origin

     The English word Calligraphy came out around 1613. Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting, and comes from the Greek words which means beautiful and Graphein which means to write. Calligraphy is a work of art. Over hundreds of years, calligraphy had evolved into many different styles and fonts. In many countries, such as the Middle East and  East Asia, calligraphy has been a tradition, especially in major art pieces. In Western culture, many alphabets were derived from Greek and Latin words. When printing came about in Europe halfway through the 15th century, there was a larger awareness of the difference between regular handwriting and calligraphy. At the end of the 16th century, new words meaning calligraphy came about. Many assume that when printing came around that the manuscript tradition was then caused to end. This is actually false; many of the surviving manuscript books actually were made in an era after printing was originated. Then more publications were later created (special/small audience works or music scores) and continued to be created through the 19th century. None of the handwritten books can be reproduced or copied, but they did go through the start of printing. Handwritten and printed calligraphy later started to flow into each other. As an example in modern day, typefaces have been incorporated through past calligraphy.