Beautiful animation displaying Armenian Calligraphy, created by Ruben Malayan, music by Komitas. Ruben Malayan is an Armenian artist and designer who has devoted many years to studying ancient Armenian manuscripts and is perhaps personally responsible for the revival of the Armenian calligraphy art. I’ve been a huge fan of his work ever since I stumbled upon some...
Fred Africkian – ‘The Art of Letter-Type’ (1984)
Interesting examples of Armenian fonts from Fred’s book ‘The art of letter type’ published in 1984
Armenian Calligraphy by Ruben Malayan
Ruben Malayan has made a video of his stunning work on Armenian Calligraphy. Isn’t this wonderful?
Armenian Calligraphy
Armenians have a long and exceptionally rich literary tradition. Ancient scripts dating back to millennia before the start of the Common Era are found in abundance on the Armenian plateau. Among numerous scripts and hieroglyphs written in tongs long lost, are the Urartian hieroglyphs that have yet to be deciphered by modern scholars. Many...