--- title: "Calligraphy Handbook - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "It's proven that practicing calligraphy can quickly improve bad handwriting by a better understanding of letters' structure and proportion. Writing bigger letters helps to make curves and lines correc" --- # Calligraphy Handbook — United States ![Calligraphy Handbook App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/d2/80/78/d280786c-1057-5d06-32fb-5c59b1515ba0/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-6-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [Etienne Nguyen Tan Hon](https://apptail.io/developer/etienne-nguyen-tan-hon-dSgc) (Belgium) **Category:** Entertainment **Rating:** 4.5/5 (518 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.nguyenhuyongjie.calligraphyhandbook **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 3.8 (released 2026-03-21) **Original Release:** 2014-03-21 **Languages:** English, French **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id830584075) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/calligraphy-handbook-hXel/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/calligraphy-handbook-hXel/united-states) ## Calligraphy Handbook Description It's proven that practicing calligraphy can quickly improve bad handwriting by a better understanding of letters' structure and proportion. Writing bigger letters helps to make curves and lines correctly. The beauty of the letters will make the task of writing more pleasant. Calligraphy is also a very constructive leisure. It develops virtues such as patience, attention to detail, perfection, willingness to learn, and the sense of beauty. Calligraphy is a full art form using letters, words and illuminations. It’s also a meditation process when your mind focuses on the strokes, beautifully draw lines and curves, following your intuition and inspiration. The only pre-requirement to this art is the knowledge of writing, which everyone is proficient. Calligraphy has a high potential of discoveries, it’s one of the rare art form that you can start from a basis you already know: writing letters and words. 1/ CALLIGRAPHY HANDBOOK is a perfect tool for learning and improving your calligraphy skill. As a beginner, the app will provide the best digital pens and papers for your learning. Don’t waste paper and ink now, digital tools are endlessly renewable. As a confirmed calligrapher, you will find pen and color effects that are impossible to create in real life: 6 small parallel lines, 4 size-lines, light effect pen, shaded line, rainbow effect, mixed colors in one stroke, alternated colors in one letter… 2/ CHALLENGE your friends in different writing styles, or simply evaluate your skill with the incredible calligraphy game. Reproduce a model inside a limited space, with a limited number of strokes, and see how many stars you can gain. Avoid actions as: undo, exceeding strokes or using tracing image. Otherwise your score will be heavily cut down. 3/ WRITING TOOLS: - 11 calligraphic pens - 1 pointed pen - 12 mixed colors effects - 12 alternated colors effects - 1 eraser - Smoothed strokes for all pens, let you draw perfect curves and lines. NOTE: we have intentionally made the strokes slower and smoother, because drawing beautiful letters has to be done in a slower speed compared to handwriting or painting. Calligraphy is a highly relaxing activity, a slow motion is the best for it. Writing features and supplies: - 19 calligraphic hands in a large choice of styles (more hands are coming with future updates) - Old papers - Guiding lines - Shadowed letters for tracing - 24 preset pen angles - 63 premixed colors - Export your writing to the camera roll or by email. - Palm rejection - Pen offset 4 / ARTISTIC CREATION. Calligraphy Handbook is a truly comprehensive tool for creating calligraphic works (greeting card, invitation, letterhead, logo, brochure, magazine cover, etc ... - Users can create true works of art with all the calligraphic tools. - An entire page is provided with layers management. - A gallery to save works in progress. - The gallery is organized by blocks, each block contains an unlimited number of pages. - The works and the blocks can be exported and shared in png or pdf formats. - Shadows and texture can be added to your lettering. 5/ TIPS: - Draw your letters very very SLOWLY. - Take a long breathe before a long stroke, then expire slowly and regularly while drawing. - Take a comfortable sitting position. - Clean up your screen frequently. - When following the lessons in this app, don’t pressure yourself to immediately draw perfect letters, but simply follow your intuition and focus on the movement of the strokes. It’s not so important to get completely correct letters, don’t forget, it’s not typography. - Relax yourself before starting a calligraphy session, you will have better strokes. Stretch and simply shake your hands and shoulders. Take a comfortable sitting position. ## Calligraphy Handbook Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/72/a1/9f/72a19f5c-206e-a21f-235f-dce505abb702/mzl.lddteshc.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/7f/3e/40/7f3e4034-bf5c-c6e2-7af8-28e3b4f45fb5/mzl.htxgzffp.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/29/bc/7e/29bc7e54-339b-aa5d-186e-8c18697bc79e/mzl.hfpgeagc.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple116/v4/c0/ab/6b/c0ab6bb5-6979-61e2-0807-842b9e4c9c6e/mzl.xnzvufaj.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple126/v4/56/6f/06/566f0696-4ff7-9808-3a2a-62f4bf4e76a0/mzl.kaievlry.png/1024x768.png) ## Calligraphy Handbook Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 373 (72%) - 4 stars: 84 (16%) - 3 stars: 20 (4%) - 2 stars: 9 (2%) - 1 stars: 32 (6%) ## Calligraphy Handbook Reviews in United States ### ****- "Good but some bugs and suggestions" It is pretty thorough with a lot of hand (font) options. They’re beautiful and pretty easy. But there are certain things like making a nice serif that’s tricky. It would be nice if it had a little video on each letter and hand. Also, like the L, at the end where it ticks up and thicken on the right, how can I do that with a digital pen? Or even a calligraphy pen & nibs without changing nibs? Initially, it started great but then the app keeps registering my stroke and stops halfway and the whole page shifts instead. Maybe it’s my pen’s battery? I love that it’s free with possible upgrades. One thing I can’t stand are very limited apps for a free trial. Definitely worth a try! -- Lilllvet717, 2024-08-04 ### ***** "Great for getting started" I’m relatively new to calligraphy and wanted an app that would allow me to practice without spending all the money on equipment and paper until I felt more comfortable. Perfect for practice -- Fraky25, 2023-12-15 ### ***-- "Usability" Clunky. -- KrystilAngel, 2023-12-03 ### ***** "I like it, does have some bugs (update 2)" * free version is basically just a sample and you’re not going to get much out of it, there is a small (under $5) one time charge to use the app as intended. No ads, no subscription, no endless series of in-app purchases. * variety of fonts, many many color options, some nice extras * I strongly recommend reading the user’s guide in “getting started”, there’s a lot that the app has to offer that won’t be obvious without it * I was basically just looking for somewhere where I could make letters calligraphy-style, without the wide side of the “pen” changing directions on me unexpectedly. So, obviously this app met that expectation but it also went way beyond it. And I thought I’d enjoy myself but I wasn’t expecting to enjoy myself this much. I downloaded this app maybe two days ago and have been using it more than I’ve been doing anything else other than sleeping. * the “words” section is prone to crashing, so don’t put a lot of effort into that section if you’re new to the app. When you use it more you get a sense of what causes it to crash and can usually avoid it crashing at bad times and losing your creations. * I don’t think I’ve had it crash when making art directly from “layers gallery” or “stencils models”. I enjoy tracing the lettrines (extra fancy letters) a lot. For some reason I can’t figure out you can get a grid or lines in that part of the app, but not the same sorts of lines you get in the practice sections of the app which is just weird imo. * This isn’t a shiny subscription based app with perfect function and new features all the time. It’s more like the early apps. Personally I think that’s a good thing. * it’s been idk a month and I still spend maybe an hour or two every day on this. Very calming. -- Flamingjellyfish, 2023-10-30 ### ****- "Great app if you are precise" I’ve been doing calligraphy for 40+ years. This is a great app for beginners and intermediate writers. The one drawback, IMO, is that the app grading is ridiculously exacting. I like to deviate, just a bit, to make my letters more “me.” With this app, creative flair is stifled. Also, if I want to get the letters for a certain words, the caps and lowercase letters are listed as different fonts, so I cannot practice someone’s name, for example. Very frustrating. I do love this app for practicing my calligraphy, though. It is so nice to be able to erase mistakes on the screen! :) IRL, calligraphy with ink and paper is not very forgiving with mistakes. This is a great app to learn to write beautifully! -- jholis, 2022-07-27 ### ***** "Wonderful App" I’ve learned so much about Calligraphy. Well worth the upgrade. -- Mevline, 2022-03-18 ### *---- "Nothing for lefty users" Booooooooooooooo! -- Maxxavier, 2021-11-07 ### ***** "Paid and happy. Love it THANKYOU" The only reason I paid is because of the reviews. I do have to say never doing calligraphy, and using this best thing to do . I have had it about an hour and can do some of the letters without tracing . Great teaching tool. The challenges are hard , you have to be perfect . I love it. I suggest this to anyone who wants to try this or just get better at handwriting. -- Sweetsengineer, 2021-10-30 ### ***** "Agree Totally" Agree completely that both this and the other app similar are worth it! Best tutorial and practice I’ve seen!!!! -- 91hockeygirl, 2021-09-09 ### *---- "App force quits" Anytime while doing words for example and you choose a caps letter then switch to a lowercase letter it just closes the app completely which is ridiculous seeing as how I paid for the app. I have u uninstalled and reinstalled still doesn’t work right! It happens bile doing other things as well and you really should give some instructions for the freehand writing for when it doesn’t force quit! Fix the dang issue or refund money and make this app free if it’s going to force quit for 50% of the app! -- mighty420, 2021-08-16 ### **--- "I paid for this app only for it to continuously crash" I like the concept of this app, however, it will not stay open. I paid for this app and am so sick of it crashing every 3 minutes. This needs to be fixed and I would like my money back. Thank you -- herekittycat, 2021-07-26 ### ***** "Get this app, it’s great!" I’ve been interested in calligraphy since childhood and used up reams of paper back then practicing. I recently wanted to get started again and wondered if there is an app - there are! This one is, by far, the very best. Easy to use, lots of hands, and the price is incredibly low. If you’re interested in calligraphy, don’t hesitate. Get this app and try it (it’s free to try!). Be warned, however, this is highly addictive! You’re going to have good penmanship! -- SouthernZigler, 2021-05-31 ### *---- "Practically unusable" You can get better practice material by googling free calligraphy worksheets. The description of the app leaves out that after the initial purchase you need to make additional purchases to unlock features. -- KatWaldo, 2021-04-20 ### ***** "Life saver" I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t found this app. It seriously calms me down and helps me get used to how the pencil on my iPad Pro works. I love the app and I wouldn’t change anything about it. It simple, meditative, and soothing. I suggest anyone whether they know calligraphy or not try this is you have anxiety. It really works. Also a great DBT skill package if you think about it. This app helps you practice mindfulness, distraction, and probably a couple others I’ve missed. You go developers!! -- Aliciaawaken, 2021-02-17 ### ***** "Love it" This app is wonderful, it walks you through perfectly for a beginner or you can dive in if you've studied before. I've been looking to study calligraphy for years, and I'm tired of plain cursive. I've had everything I need for a long time but didn't have enough knowledge to execute the letters correctly. I'm a visual learner and I've learned more on this app in 5 mins than I have reading books I had to pay for. I need to get an apple pen because my little tablet pen isn't working as good as it could be, but I am so excited to keep learning and finally be able to write in my book of shadows and have it look beautiful. Thank you so much for this app! -- wilham bonvomit, 2020-11-25 ### ***** "About time I find it" It’s pretty cool it’s what I’ve been looking for. -- BigMikey408!, 2020-11-10 ### ***** "I learned calligraphy!!!!" This app taught me calligraphy. Definitely recommend this one!! -- Psychic Stella, 2020-07-26 ### ***-- "Have to Pay out of the Blue" I downloaded this app around some months ago and the whole app was free to use, and now when I went on it, you had to pay for 80% of the content. Sorta unfair, if you’re going to make your users pay for a feature I’d prefer it weren’t a pre-existing free one. -- TheSailorFlx, 2020-06-29 ### *---- "This app is not free!!!" Contrary to what this app says, it is not free. The only part that is free is the practicing of the alphabet!! -- timegal74, 2020-05-30 ### ***** "Don’t think twice" Always wanted to try my hand at this; it’s alright ! -- Yelo2, 2020-04-25 [View all Calligraphy Handbook reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Calligraphy Handbook In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | Unlock All Features | $3.99 | ## Calligraphy Handbook Discovered Keywords - calligraphy handbook ## Apps Similar to Calligraphy Handbook - [Adult Coloring Book: Chroma](https://apptail.io/app/adult-coloring-book-chroma-Gyk/united-states) - [Mandala Coloring Pages Games](https://apptail.io/app/mandala-coloring-pages-games-aZPc/united-states) - [iOrnament: draw mandala & art](https://apptail.io/app/iornament-draw-mandala-art-gwbe/united-states) - [MandalaKit](https://apptail.io/app/mandalakit-Mdve/united-states) - [KaleidoPaint](https://apptail.io/app/kaleidopaint-aFve/united-states) - 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