fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes

She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.

handwriting; penmanship.

the art of writing beautifully

He studied calligraphy when he was a young man.

a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, esp. Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.

Fine Arts . line or a group of lines either derived from or resembling letter forms and characterized by qualities usually associated with cursive writing, esp. that produced with a brush or pen.