Calligraphy is the art of making writing look beautiful — and it is also the writing you get when someone does that well. People use special pens, brushes, or a piece of reed, and they care about every stroke, the space between letters, the way the whole page sits.

Calligraphy這個字（calligraphy） is the art of making writing look beautiful是把文字寫得優美的藝術——and it is also the writing you get when someone does that well也可以指某人寫得好之後那件書寫作品本身。People use special pens, brushes, or a piece of reed人們會用特製的筆、毛筆、或一段蘆葦桿，and they care about every stroke, the space between letters, the way the whole page sits而且很講究每一筆、字與字之間的間距、還有整頁的版面安排。

Though actually, English calligraphy is broader than Taiwan’s everyday 書法. Here, 書法 usually means Chinese (or Japanese, Korean) brush writing, with its own history and rules. The English word also names Arabic scripts, Western italic and copperplate, and careful hand-lettering on a café slate. A student who only pictures a brush and 王羲之 is not wrong, but they are seeing one famous family of the art, not the whole English word.

Though actually不過其實，English calligraphy is broader than Taiwan’s everyday 書法英文的 calligraphy，範圍比台灣平常說的「書法」更廣。Here在這裡，書法 usually means Chinese (or Japanese, Korean) brush writing「書法」通常是指中文（或日文、韓文）的毛筆書寫，with its own history and rules有自己的一套歷史和規矩。The English word also names這個英文字也可以指 Arabic scripts阿拉伯文書法、Western italic and copperplate西式的斜體字和銅版體、and careful hand-lettering on a café slate以及咖啡店黑板上那種用心寫的手寫字。A student who only pictures a brush and 王羲之如果一個學生一想到 calligraphy 就只想到毛筆和王羲之，is not wrong並沒有錯，but they are seeing one famous family of the art, not the whole English word但他們看到的只是這門藝術裡有名的一支，不是這個英文字涵蓋的全部。

You can say “a piece of calligraphy” for the finished work.

You can say “a piece of calligraphy”你可以說「a piece of calligraphy」，for the finished work來指完成的那件作品。

It is a slightly formal, admiring word; handwriting is simply how you write, beautiful or not.

It is a slightly formal, admiring word這是個稍微正式、帶著讚賞語氣的字；handwriting is simply how you write, beautiful or not而 handwriting 就只是指你寫字的方式，不管好不好看。