
“Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.”
— Leonard da Vinci
Calligraphy Conferences, Events and Projects


An Exhibition by Members of
the Friends of Calligraphy
May – August 28, 2022
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
Skylight Gallery, Sixth Floor
Gallery Walk & Talk
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 2 to 4 pm
Click for printable PDF of flyer with demonstration schedule.

SF 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.
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.

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.