Calligraphy is the art of decorative handwriting or lettering done with a pen or a brush. Mostly, an artist showcases his talent on a canvas. With evolving technology, especially with the iPhone and iPad, the same experience and output can be achieved quickly without using a canvas. The best calligraphy apps for iPhone and iPad reduce the burden of having different physical brushes, colors, and a canvas.
1. Paper by WeTransfer
This app is ideal for people who have recently started learning calligraphy and need to do fundamental practicing. It has five options: pen, pencil, brush, and two others, so you can try your hands on calligraphy. You can also change the color of your art and even save it to share with others. It is more of a basic app, so it doesn’t have many fancy features.
Being user-friendly and straightforward doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it. The Pro version of the app is paid, and with that, professionals can use many useful tools.
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, and iTouch
Price: Free with In-App purchase to unlock the Pro version
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2. Procreate
Procreate is an Apple Design Award-winning app that won the title of App Store Essential. It has features that can suit a beginner or a world-renowned artist. It provides sketching, drawing, calligraphy, abstract painting, and much more at your fingertips.
Given the features it boasts, it is exclusively available for iPad; an iPhone and iPod touch do not have the capabilities that the app offers.
Talking about iPad compatibility, the app is optimized specifically for iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. It surely gives an out-of-the-world experience when calligraphing on the digital canvas of this app.
Compatibility: iPad only
Price: $9.99
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3. Calligraphy Penmanship
As the name suggests, this app is exclusively made for calligraphers to showcase their talent using their iPhone and iPad screens. The app supports finger touch but works best with the Apple Pencil, as it can sense the pressure and design the stroke accordingly.
There are different kinds of brushes, and you can select the thickness of each one to get the perfect stroke.
You can also customize the color to suit your mood. Lastly, the app is free for 3 days from the day you open it. After that, you need to purchase its paid version to use it further.
Compatibility: iPad only
Price: Free for three days and then $2.99 for the full version
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4. Inspire Pro
Divided into 15 sets, there are 150 different brushes to choose from. On top of that, you can use all these brushes as wet, dry, or as an eraser. More than 20 different customizations for brush strokes make your calligraphy experience delightful.
The best part is that the brush strokes are recorded as a video that you can showcase on your social media.
These features are just the highlight of the app, and it has a lot more than this. The app isn’t free, but the price is entirely justified, given its features. Lastly, the app is compatible only with iPad.
Compatibility: iPad only
Price: $9.99
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5. Amaziograph
Amaziograph is more of an art drawing app and not just for calligraphy. However, it can be efficiently used for calligraphy with different brushes and customization options like stroke width, opacity, and softness. It can also support canvas sizes up to 4096*4096, which helps you print your art in different sizes.
The app allows you to export your drawing in JPG and PNG format along with a particular Amaziograph format that you can share with other fellow users of this app. Lastly, the app costs only a dollar, which makes it perfect for newbies.
Compatibility: iPad only
Price: $0.99
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6. Calligraphy HD
Calligraphy HD is a simple, easy-to-use, and minimalist app with enough features to get you started with calligraphy. It has four different brushes, and you can customize their thickness to suit your preference. Besides that, you can also have one wet brush to try your hands on it. Also, you can select different colors to suit your needs.
The app is free, but if you need to unlock more tools, you may consider unlocking the full version by paying a few dollars.
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Price: Free with In-App purchase to unlock the full version
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7. Sketch Club
Whether you are a beginner or a pro, Sketch Club has everything to make you fall in love with it. It supports layers with configurable blending options, layer filters, PSD file support, and much more. The app also supports Apple Pencil and even a third-party Bluetooth stylus. With all these features, calligraphy art will give you an experience like never before.
These are a handful of features out of the massive list of features that Sketch Club offers. Like the one above, this, too, isn’t free. Comparatively, it is quite economical compared to the one above.
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Price: $2.99
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That’s all, mate!
Signing off…
Calligraphy can be learned over time, and it needs a lot of practice and patience. Above all, it is an art that cannot be learned thoroughly; it is more of a thought process that the artist needs to put down on the canvas. With that said, It’s time for goodbye, and we will be back again with another excellent post.
Which app did you like the most out of the list? Share your feedback with us in the comments.
