"Tibetan dbu-can [pron: "u-chen"] script is
traditionally
written using a hand-made bamboo or reed pen cut at an angle. A broad
steel nibbed italic calligraphy pen may be used instead. Calligraphic
pens designed for left-handed writers of Roman script are slanted at a
suitable angle for a right-handed person to use when writing Tibetan dbu-chan
script.
To produce the proper thickness of horizontal strokes, the
width of the pen nib should be about 1/12th
the height of the letter ka…"
Tibetan Calligraphy
How to write the Tibetan dbu-can script
By Christopher J. Fynn
[Thanks Shawna! This reminds me of Nathanael]
Hi
My page: “Tibetan Calligraphy: How to write the Tibetan dbu-can script” has been moved to – and slightly re-formatted.
The old URL is no longer valid.
- Chris