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Subject · in Calligraphy

The scripts

Uchen, the Ume hands, khyug, and the ornamental scripts, with what each is used for and how to tell them apart.

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Uchen for print, inscription and anything meant to last. Drutsa for titles, decoration and the formal opening of a document. Tshugs, in its long and short forms, for manuscripts and formal correspondence. Khyug for speed: notes, drafts, letters between friends. Lantsa and Wartu, Indian scripts, for mantras and the titles of texts.

This page will show each script in the same passage of text, name its distinguishing strokes, and say where a reader is likely to meet it.