ooooh!! Very pretty =D

Very stylish! Looks almost Arabic.

Arabic is by far the most beautifully written language on earth.

Agreed!

The sort of style of this image reminds me of this alphabet:

http://www.iampeth.com/books/zaneri.....0_page105.html

Insofar as it has the flowery tendrils and floral motif.

There is a particularly fine selection of 19th/early 20th century books on lettering art, calligraphy/penmanship at IAMPETH, e.g the new zanerian alphabets:

http://www.iampeth.com/books/zaneri.....0_page107.html
http://www.iampeth.com/books/zaneri.....0_page101.html

They do speak in those books about how flowers/plants, in particular the acanthus leaf are one of the keys to decorative and artistic lettering.

This sort of stuff is particularly impressive:

http://www.iampeth.com/books/dennis.....rt_page23.html

When you consider it was *written* with a flexible dip pen.

i do this kind of thing from time to time.

1. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2046350/
2. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2046346/
3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eselku.....7604682104436/

I don't upload it so much because it seems rather off-topic for FA

I adore your letterworks! Do you upload them to your site? I would love to see more.

They live in my sketchbook. If you can find me a calligraphy fandom, i'll happily join in :D

that last example is particularly sublime

That was handwriting for some people in the 19th century:

http://www.iampeth.com/books/courtn.....y_page105.html

Madaraz was noted as being probably the most skilful at it:

http://www.iampeth.com/books/madara.....sz_page56.html

It's Spencerian script, the most commonly taught handwriting in America in the mid to late 19th century, switching to an unshaded (monoline) derivatives in the late 19th cent. and thereafter. The scripts known as "cursive" in America today are all ultimately descendants of it.

Almost thought this was going to be an ambigram. :o

you are too clever

Still pretty cool though.
Good work.

Pretty, like the henna inking Indian women do on their hands and arms!