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Charm & Fig — calligrpahy

playing with brush pens

Lauren Covington addressing Brush pen calligrpahy

Every now and then I do small batches of addressing for my clients (I leave wedding calligraphy addressing to the pros.) I just discovered Tombow's dual brush pens. Where have these been all my life?  They are going to make addressing envelopes much more fun. For these bachelorette invitations, I used the brush side for the names, and the pen side for printing the addresses. I doubled-up on my downstrokes to give the names a nice, modern calligraphy look. Tombow's dual brush pens come in dozens of colors. When you're practicing your brushstrokes, try using a lined, super smooth quality paper, like Rhodia's...

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