# Book/dictionary about handwriting **URL:** \ **Category:** Learning Chinese\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/book-dictionary-about-handwriting/73069 "2012-07-16T13:49:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Dragonbones](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/dragonbones/32/1125_2.png) [@Dragonbones](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Dragonbones)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/book-dictionary-about-handwriting/73069/7 "2012-07-22T03:36:48Z")
> [@Hellstorm](#): > > …is calligraphy the same as handwriting? Calligraphy is, by definition, beautiful handwriting, so it is a subset of handwriting. Chinese calligraphy is traditionally written with a brush and has a strong aesthetic emphasis. I don’t want to write with a brush, and not necessarily beautiful, just 1. easier and faster and 2. like a natural handwriting. In that case, just use a pencil or pen and go with something like the Fred Fang-yu Wang which Ironlady recommended, and which has been discussed in two previous threads: [[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English](http://forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.ph) … 4#p1087684]([I don't like my neat, blocky elementary school style characters](http://tw.forumosa.com/t/i-dont-like-my-neat-blocky-elementary-school-style-characters/55621/1) [[Forumosa - Taiwan's largest and most active Taiwan-oriented global online community in English](http://forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.ph) … 89#p159489]([Chinese Handwriting](http://tw.forumosa.com/t/chinese-handwriting/8731/1) --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/book-dictionary-about-handwriting/73069)._