The World's Most Beautiful Stories, Written by Hand.
For people who believe beautiful writing, thoughtful craftsmanship, and timeless creativity still matter.
Issue 3 lands at the end of November, with Paul Antonio on the cover. Subscribe this month and we'll hand you Issues 1 and 2 as well. Six issues. $47. (Yes, we did the math twice.)
Suzanne Cunningham
Renée Alexander
Michael Sull
Subscribe in November and all three are yours
Issue 1 cover art by Marco Chioini
Beautiful writing deserves more than admiration. It deserves recognition as fine art. Every issue of Calligraphy Chronicles celebrates the artists, ideas, and craftsmanship making that case.
Start with Issue 3. Get the first two on us.
We didn't want anyone joining at Issue 3 and wondering what they missed. So for November, every new year's subscription comes with Issues 1 and 2 included.
Which means you get Marco Chioini, Connie Furgason and Pisz Studio from Issue 1. Anne Davnes Elser, Suzanne Cunningham, Renée Alexander and Michael Sull from Issue 2. Then Paul Antonio, Barry Morentz and Kerri Forster in Issue 3, with three more issues still to come.
It's the kind of value that makes you do a double take.
USD in the US · CAD in Canada · local pricing in many other countries, shown at checkout
- Four new issues, starting with Issue 3 at the end of November
- Issues 1 and 2 included, November only
- Each issue delivered the moment it's released
That's six issues for $47.
Books of Remembrance
More than 120,000 names, across eight volumes. Every one of them written by hand. And every day, a page in each book is turned, so every name has its moment in view.
Rick Draffin, current head calligrapher for the Books of Remembrance, tells the largely unknown story of the calligraphers, artists and bookbinders who made them, and reminds us just how much weight a handwritten letter can carry.
We're opening it to everyone this November. Read it, then pass it on.
Coming in Issue 3
A cover story, two profiles, and plenty more we're not telling you about yet.
Inside Issue 2
Eight stories that ask what calligraphy could be, if we stopped calling it a craft.
Books of Remembrance
by Rick Draffin
The Pen Before the Pen
The Art & Alchemy of Anne Davnes Elser
The Beautiful Precision of Suzanne Cunningham
The Woman History Almost Forgot
The Books Calligraphers Keep Stealing From Each Other
The Remarkable Renée Alexander
The Penman's Path
The whole of Issue 2 is included when you subscribe this November. Claim it →
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A Letter Is Never Just a Letter
I'm beginning to suspect that calligraphy has very little to do with beautiful writing.
I know. Slightly inconvenient thing for the editor of a calligraphy magazine to say.
But the deeper we get into Calligraphy Chronicles, the more obvious it becomes.
A letter can be history. Rebellion. Mathematics. Muscle memory. A record of a life. A way of slowing down long enough to actually notice something.
And sometimes, yes, it can simply be breathtakingly beautiful.
That's what I love about putting this magazine together.
For Issue 2, we went looking again for the people, stories, techniques and wonderfully nerdy gopher holes that make this world so much bigger than nib + ink + paper.
You'll meet extraordinary artists including Anne Davnes Elser, Suzanne Cunningham, Renée Alexander and Michael Sull. We talk books with Barry Morentz. We sharpen quills. We wander into history. And we begin a story about the Books of Remembrance that reminds us just how much weight handwritten letters can carry.
Somewhere along the way, I hope you find something that makes you stop.
Something that makes you want to pick up a pen.
Or buy another book.
Or spend 45 minutes researching something you absolutely did not need to know until five minutes ago.
That, I think, is what Calligraphy Chronicles is becoming.
Not simply a magazine about how to make letters.
A magazine about why letters matter.
And the remarkable people who keep making them.
Welcome to Issue 2.
Jill Burk
Editor, Calligraphy Chronicles
Before the magazine, there were the conversations.
Every week, a new voice from the world of calligraphy and lettering.
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What is Calligraphy Chronicles?
Calligraphy Chronicles is a quarterly digital magazine and weekly podcast that treats calligraphy and lettering as fine art, featuring profiles, ideas, and the artists redefining what lettering can be.
How much is a subscription?
$47 a year for four issues: $47 USD in the United States, $47 CAD in Canada, and local pricing in many other countries, shown at checkout.
What is the November offer?
Subscribe before November 30 and Issues 1 and 2 are included with your year, on top of the four new issues starting with Issue 3.
When does Issue 3 come out?
Issue 3 arrives at the end of November, with Paul Antonio on the cover and profiles of Barry Morentz and Kerri Forster.
Is Calligraphy Chronicles connected to the Flourish Festival of Letters & Art?
Yes. Calligraphy Chronicles is part of Flourish Creative Group, the team behind the Flourish Festival of Letters & Art, Calligraphy Classes, and the Flourish Emerging Artists & Calligraphers Society.
Come for the letters.
Stay for the stories.
Six issues for $47, until November 30. After that it's still a very good deal. Just not this good.
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