Amharic to Tibetan, I can provide work in quite a few world scripts. Read more below the image gallery.
If the script or language you are looking for is not on this list, please contact me. There are many writing systems that I have not included here, but with which I can work.
Amharic (Ge’ez)
Arabic: Nasta’liq, Shekasteh, Naskh, Kufic, Thuluth, Maghrebi, Riqa, Tahqiq, Reyhan, Sols, Toqi, Reqa, as well as freeform, unique, and contemporary calligraphy styles.
Aramaic (Syriac)
Armenian
Avestan (Pahlavi)
Brahmi
Chinese: Seal (Zhuànshū), Clerical (Lìshū), Cursive (Xíngshū), Running (Cǎoshū) and standard (Kǎishū).
Cyrillic
Dari (see Farsi)
Devanagari
English (Bookhand, Foundational, Roundhand, Carolingian, Uncial, Blackletter, Italic, Cancellaresca, Copperplate, Spencerian, Sans Serif, Brush Lettering, Contemporary, Experimental and Freeform Styles)
Farsi: Nasta’liq, Shekasteh, Naskh, Kufic, Thuluth, Maghrebi, Riqa, Tahqiq, Reyhan, Sols, Toqi, Reqa, as well as freeform, unique, and contemporary calligraphy styles.
Ge’ez
Greek
Gujarati
Gurmukhi
Hebrew
Hindi (Devanagari Script)
Kannada
Latin / Roman
Malayalam
Marathi
Pahlavi (Avestan)
Pali (in Devanagari Script unless otherwise specified)
Persian: Nasta’liq, Shekasteh, Naskh, Kufic, Thuluth, Maghrebi, Riqa, Tahqiq, Reyhan, Sols, Toqi, Reqa, as well as freeform, unique, and contemporary calligraphy styles.
Punjabi
Russian (Cyrillic)
Sanskrit (in Devanagari Script unless otherwise specified)
Sinhala
Syriac (Aramaic)
Telugu
Tibetan: Uchen, Ume, Ranjana, Lantsa, Phagspa
Urdu: Nasta’liq, Naskh, Shekasteh and Contemporary and Freeform styles
New and Imagined: I have created a number of writing systems for authors and their fantasy worlds.
If you don’t see a language or alphabet, please contact me. I will be glad to let you know if it is something I can work with.
Most of the work I do is in the Latin, Arabic, Devanagari, Hebrew and Chinese writing systems. However, I also work in quite a number of other scripts. Both ancient and modern Greek share the same alphabet. As luck would have it, my very first paid calligraphy commission was to write out the menu in Greek for a Taverna during a visit to Athens. Avestan Pahlavi is the ancient alphabet used for writing Zoroastrian scripture. Amharic is another ancient script and the major alphabet in use in modern Eritrea and Ethiopia. I learned this script when I was co-owner of Nyala Restaurant in Philadelphia where we featured Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
While quite different in appearance, a great many alphabets share a common origin. This includes Amharic, Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Pali, Tibetan, Thai, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam. I have fulfilled commissions in all of these alphabets. I learned Kannada and the related Telugu alphabet while living in Bangalore, India. I designed a series of book covers in Kannada and trained school students in Kannada and English calligraphy as part of professional training in graphic design.
If you have an interest in commissioning work in the contemporary or historical script from anywhere in the world, please contact me. I will be glad to let you know if I have familiarity with the calligraphic traditions of the script.
