Calligraphy vs Longhand - What's the difference?

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Calligraphy is a related term of longhand.

As nouns the difference between calligraphy and longhand

is that calligraphy is (uncountable) the art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written while longhand is the written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.

As an adverb longhand is

to write something by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.

calligraphy

English

(wikipedia calligraphy)

Noun

(uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.

* 1981', Wayne E. Begley, ''2: The Symbolic Role of '''Calligraphy on Three Imperial Mosques of Sh?h Jah?n'', Joanna Gottfried Williams (editor), ''Kal?dar?ana: American Studies in the Art of India , page 7,

This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):.

* 1987 , Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islamic Art and Spirituality , page 27,

There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation.

* 2004 , Leslie Cabarga, Logo, Font & Lettering Bible , page 78,

Calligraphy', however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward "accidentals." But ' calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful.

(countable) Any such style of decorative writing.

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(countable) A document written in decorative style.

* 2004 , Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), ?Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa , Volume 7, page 169,

Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.

Synonyms

* (art or practice of decorative writing) chirography, penmanship

External links

* ("calligraphy" on Wikipedia)

Anagrams

* English words suffixed with -graphy

longhand

English

Noun

(-)

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand, or typing or printing; handwriting.

Synonyms

* handwriting

Adverb

(-)

To write something by hand in normal characters, as opposed to shorthand.

To write something out by hand (with pen or pencil), rather than printing out; handwritten.

I had to write the essay out twice longhand – they wouldn’t let me print it out. It took forever!

Synonyms

* handwritten

Antonyms

* shorthand * print, print out

Coordinate terms

* engross