L'art de faire des magnifiques et élégantes écritures à la main, soit la calligraphie, requiert beaucoup de compétences et d'habilité. La calligraphie est un art qui remonte aux prémices de notre Histoire.

Avant l'invention de l'imprimerie, les livres étaient écrits à l'aide de la calligraphie, au moyen de plumes et encres diverses, parchemins et autres papiers.

Il existe trois styles principaux de Calligraphie : Arabic, Chinese, pour le style oriental, et Western ou Roman qui sont les plus modernes et les plus connus des styles calligraphiques.

La calligraphie d'aujourd'hui est une discipline artistique à part entière. Les différents types de calligraphies sont répertoriées dans « Modern Calligraphy » et « New York Calligraphy », créé par le Maitre en Calligraphie Anne Robin.

Au sujet de la calligraphie indienne, Anderson 2008 à écrit ceci :

« Asoka's edicts (c. 265-238 BC) were committed to stone. These inscriptions are stiff and angular in form. Following the Asoka style of Indic writing, two new calligraphic types appear: Kharosti and Brahmi. Kharosti was used in the northwestern regions of India from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century of the Christian Era, and it was used in Central Asia until the 8th century.

Copper was a favoured material for Indic inscriptions. In the north of India, birch bark was used as a writing surface as early as the 2nd century AD. Many Indic manuscripts were written on palm leaves, even after the Indian languages were put on paper in the 13th century. Both sides of the leaves were used for writing. Long rectangular strips were gathered on top of one another, holes were drilled through all the leaves, and the book was held together by strings. Books of this manufacture were common in Southeast Asia. The palm leaf was an excellent surface for pen writing, making possible the delicate lettering used in many of the scripts of southern Asia.". »