What's the difference between cacography and calligraphy?

Cacography


Definition:

  • (n.) Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

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Calligraphy


Definition:

  • (n.) Fair or elegant penmanship.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Wang was said to excel in physics and calligraphy; Ye in literature and gymnastics.
  • (2) Foxconn is proud of the fact that it provides a swimming pool and other facilities to its staff, as well as organising chess, calligraphy, mountain climbing and fishing.
  • (3) During the early 1960s, Burroughs and his colleague, the painter and writer Brion Gysin , had developed the cut-up as a method of visual and verbal reassembly that was equally applicable to painting, montaged artworks, calligraphy, tape manipulation and the word.
  • (4) He stays healthy and alert by eating well and practising calligraphy, according to his family.
  • (5) Thus began the evolution of this city’s distinctive pixação: a style of urban writing that has inspired numerous pixadores to come up with their own variations on this type of calligraphy – according to one estimate, there are more than 5,000 active pixadores in São Paulo alone.
  • (6) "She was so approachable," said Lu Yuhong, 16, who guided the first lady in writing the Chinese character "eternal" in calligraphy at the Beijing school.
  • (7) But the man whose calligraphy we ponder - a jobbing scribe, probably - was not the author.
  • (8) Stores are offering Rooster-themed products, Chinese calligraphy or handing out treats in traditional red envelopes.
  • (9) But Mo told Der Spiegel that he only joined in with the project because he was "vain enough to take the opportunity to show off with my calligraphy".
  • (10) Ahmad Salma, a Syrian of Palestinian origin, used the sinuous swirls of different styles of Arabic calligraphy to spell out the names of the provinces of Syria – to emphasise unity in the face of violence and rising sectarianism.
  • (11) With chainsaws and chisels, carving ice requires techniques from tree surgery to calligraphy.
  • (12) He left his homeland in the early 60s to spend two years in China, steeping himself in its language and calligraphy.
  • (13) In the few hours that sunlight enters the dark cell we read what a past cellmate has inscribed on the walls in an elegant Arabic calligraphy.
  • (14) Let me give you one example: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.
  • (15) Williams, a trained engraver, worked as a map-maker during the war and listed calligraphy among his hobbies in Who's Who , but his astonishing skill has confounded even Nicolas Barker, a former handwriting expert at the British Museum, who has looked at the diaries.
  • (16) Their ubiquitous calligraphy is composed of straight lines and sharp edges, giving their creations – pixos – a jagged look.
  • (17) He dropped out after one term, but continued to go to some classes, including a course on calligraphy.
  • (18) For services to Western Calligraphy and the community in Northern Ireland.
  • (19) Not only is Mao's own rather wild calligraphy everywhere to be seen in Shaoshan - on paper, on rocks, on walls, on silk - but also that of Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin.
  • (20) Wen Huaisha, a former Pekin University teacher and a specialist in Chinese literature is in France for an exhibition of his calligraphy at the Chinese Cultural Center in Paris.