Calligraphy Penmanship4.5 - App Store

Most of penmen use only a pointed pen to create all their artworks. This seems incredible to realize digitally on a mobile device. Except if you have in hands the appropriate tool and an excellent app.

Calligraphy Penmanship is bringing the best experience ever to calligraphers and letters lovers to create digital artworks on a famous mobile device.

Just use it like a pointed ink pen. A tiny variation of your hand pressure will create elegant and majestic shades.

We have added a bonus to your freehand drawing: the ability to adjust to your hand the pressure and smoothness of the pen. The fineness of the strokes is really surprising.

We have found some advantages of the digital Penmanship:

- You don't need to reload your pen with ink.

- You don't need to clean your pen nibs when changing the colors.

- The undo function let you create a great number of variation of a single stroke. Free your imagination without pain.

Main features:

- Flourished hands to learn and practice Penmanship. The most important technique to master is to push or pull your pencil in order to create thin and fat lines in one single stroke.

- Learning: you can evaluate your progress with stroke by stroke exercises. Try your best to trace the models and hit the high scores. This is the best way to understand the anatomy of each letter. and each decorative curve.

- Training: with each letter, a full training page provides models to trace, guide lines and grids.

- Learn to decorate beautifully your lettering works. You can find simple patterns to trace, to change or to improve. With this updated version, you have the ability to create ornamental frames where to insert your works.

Frame creating is based on a multiple combination of different types of symmetry drawing. This function is really easy to understand and practice.

- Want to create your own lettering words and quotes ? Try out the text typing keyboard. How it works: type your text, validate, then trace them with embellishments and ornaments.

- A set of plain color for your pen. But also two specific effects: gradient and alternated colors. This is on of our best deal for unique lettering creations.

- A 3 day free trial is activated when you open the app for the first time. Enough time to have the pleasure to perform your lettering.

What's your next project ? Why not sending a beautifully framed quote or invitation to a friend, entirely created with your lettering ?

Warning: even you can draw with your fingers, this app offers the best experience with the Apple Pencil.

Version History Version 4.5:

General performance improvement
User interface enhancement 4.5 Feb 25 Version 4.3.1:

minor bug fixes 4.3.1 Feb 19 Version 4.3:

- Fench Cursive, a traditional calligraphic hand is added for in-app purchase.
- A new feature for creating frames and borders easily with stickers
- User interface improvements 4.3 Feb 15 Version 4.2:

- We have implemented an amazing function to decorate your writings: arrange or raw stickers. Create borders, frames, and many more decorations
- Minors bug fixes 4.2 Jan 13 Version 4.1:

We have added a new Copperplate hand for learning and training. This alphabet is entirely handmade.
Bug fixes 4.1 11/11/2025 Version 4.0:

- User interface improvement
- Models added for tracing
- Bug fixes 4.0 08/11/2025 Version 3.9:

- minor bug fixes 3.9 03/11/2025 Version 3.7:

- We have implemented full layer function.
- Enhanced user interface for lettering lessons
- Bug fixes 3.7 02/28/2025 Version 3.6:

1) We have added 2 new helpful features: 
• The learning and practice window can be moved left or right of the screen device. This is useful for choosing the writing side by left-handed users.
• When a stroke is well done, but not perfectly placed, you can replace it immediately after.
2) User interface improvement
3) Bug fixes 3.6 09/04/2024 Version 3.5:

- General enhancement
- Bug fixes 3.5 11/18/2023 Version 3.4:

- We have added new features for drawing beautiful illuminated letters (lettrines)
- User interface improvements 3.4 08/05/2023 Version 3.3:

- Added new exclusive features: 1) adjustable and mobile symmetrical decorative patterns. 2) moving symmetry: the axis of symmetry can be placed anywhere on the worksheet.
- General improvement of the app. 3.3 04/15/2023 Version 3.2:

- Add stylish textures to your lettering: art deco, art nouveau, retro style, tribal art, hatching patterns.
- Add shadows to your drawings. Adjust blur, opacity and position to the shadows.
- Select your stroke style: freehand curves or constrained lines.
- Bug fixes 3.2 05/02/2022 Version 3.1:

- Add layers
- New color palette
- Resizable eraser (tap twice on the eraser icon to display the size adjustment)
- Bug fixes 3.1 03/29/2022 Version 3.0:
- A new frame creator tool let you draw and color ornamental frames for your writings. You can create your frames from scratch or from selected models. This tool is based on the combination of different types of symmetry.
- General enhancement of the app
- Bug fixes 3.0 03/03/2022 Version 2.7:

- General improvement
- Decorative patterns upgrade
- Bug fixes 2.7 08/12/2021 Version 2.6:

General app improvement for iOS 14.
User interface tiny changes 2.6 12/22/2020 Version 2.5:
- Enhanced for iOS 13
- Bug fixed for in-app purchase
- Other small improvements and bug fixes 2.5 07/19/2020 Version 2.4:

- Enhanced for iOS12
- App improvement and bug fixes 2.4 04/06/2019 Version 2.3:

- We have added the new ornamental pen module to improve your creativity. Each letter is displayed in multiple models of Penmanship to get you inspired. You can train your writing by displaying these models as a stencil then trace the letters.

- Several bugs were fixed. 2.3 11/07/2018 Version 2.2:

- We've fixed the issue in contact email.
- Other minor bugs were fixed 2.2 01/29/2018 Version 2.1:

We have fixed the camera roll access issue. In order to share your writings, please grant authorization for the app to access your device's camera roll. 2.1 01/07/2018 Version 2.0:

- The in-app gallery is now available to store your writings.
- Some improvements
- Bug fixes 2.0 11/30/2017 Version 1.9:

- This version was enhanced for iOS 11.01
- We have added a possibilty to customize the secondary color in the mixing pen effect
- 11 bonus reference font sheets have been added for your training.
- Some minor bugs were fixed 1.9 10/03/2017 Version 1.8:

• Font reference images: they are very helpful when you want to draw words and quotes on the full page. Just display the whole letter sheets as a reminder for each style of fonts.

• Our new digital stencil ruler: like your plastic stencil ruler, align the digital stencil ruler under your writing paper, and trace your words letter by letter. Stencils cannot be zoomed but only moved around, their sizes are automatically adjusted according to the selected pen width. But, you can always move and zoom the writing sheet as usual.

• Several improvements and bug fixes. 1.8 06/15/2017