The faint projection of a plot synopsis in calligraphic lettering on a draped, translucent curtain is too brief and hazy to be fully taken in.

WSJ: Giselle at the D?j?ji Temple | Yasuko Yokoshi | Bell | New York Live Arts | By Robert Greskovic

This futuristic vision of what appears to be a colony for a planet other than ours in colored pencil, ink and sepia wash is done in the calligraphic hand of a fastidious draftsman.

WSJ: A Man Outside His Time | Lebbeus Woods | SFMOMA | By Richard B. Woodward

The first Aoyama work one encounters is "Idle Evening, " a poem by the Chinese Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, first exhibited in 1938 by the prestigious Taito Shodoin calligraphic association when the artist was in his 20s.

WSJ: The Vision and Calligraphy of Aoyama San'u | Tokyo National Museum | Transformational Characters | By Michael Judge

Aoyama, who died in 1993 at the age of 80, was awarded the 1992 Order of Cultural Merit, Japan's highest honor in the arts, for his mastery of sho and commitment to promoting and preserving the calligraphic arts for future generations.

WSJ: The Vision and Calligraphy of Aoyama San'u | Tokyo National Museum | Transformational Characters | By Michael Judge

In the newly-opened Marwa Tower mall, a gleaming structure of glass and steel skyscraper next to the Grand Mosque, you may find Puma trainers, Chanel fragrances, gold jewelry, mobile phones and dozens of other gadgets -- alongside religious books and traditional calligraphic art.

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He believed that his ancestors had been royalty who were deeded land rights to that part of Hong Kong, and his calligraphic rants spelled out details of his family history, as if to publicly prove that the moniker he'd given himself -- the King of Kowloon -- was true.

BBC: Calligraphic graffiti in Hong Kong