r/Calligraphy is a subreddit with 339k members. The community frequently discusses struggling, calligraphy, practice, hard time, and advice, and they frequently recommend/review fountain pens, ink, and fountain pen paper, and the most common flair used is practice, critique, question, tools of the trade, and resource.
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Popular Topics in r/Calligraphy
#1
Struggling
37 posts
#2
Calligraphy
37 posts
#3
Practice
27 posts
#4
Hard Time
22 posts
#5
Advice
16 posts
#6
Letters
11 posts
#7
Pen
9 posts
#8
Copperplate
8 posts
#9
Looking For A Pen
6 posts
#10
Looking For A Gift
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/Calligraphy
Fountain Pens
21 reviews
#1
Pilot
4.5★ from 6 reviews
#2
Lamy
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Sheaffer
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Ink
13 reviews
#1
Diamine
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Pilot
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Lamborghini
5.0★ from 1 review
Fountain Pen Paper
11 reviews
#1
Rhodia
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
HP
3.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Midori
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/Calligraphy
#1
Practice
: "Working on my flourishing."
26 posts
#2
Critique
: "What do you think of my work and what would your advice be for its overall improvement?"
6 posts
#3
Question
: "Can you help me identify this style? It seems like an hybrid to me"
6 posts
#4
Tools of the Trade
: "William Mitchell, how could you do us dirty like this?!"
5 posts
#5
Resource
: "Recently added to the Internet Archive: Fascinating Pen Flourishing (1928). This is the first digital version available anywhere. A free copy, in the public domain. The PDF download is large (~326 MB). https://archive.org/details/fascinating-pen-flourishing"
2 posts
#6
WotD
: ""Bon Vivant" - 18/10 WotD"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/Calligraphy
Yearly
+21k members(6.5%)
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Last updated: October 24, 2026