The morning of the second business day was showered with events. Just imagine, the history of the global calligraphy art was unveiled to numerous visitors during a series of lectures and master classes run one after another with 15-minute breaks.


Hans Mairhofer, a  well-known calligraphy writer from Germany gave a big picture of the two-thousand-year track record of the European calligraphy art and provided all visitors with comprehensive overview of the Fracture Type – being a Gothic type writing, which was destined to become a national typesetting writing of publications issued in Germany.


Professor Pavel Afanasievich Semchenko ran a brief excursion into the history of global calligraphy. His narration was enriched with demonstration of marvelous works that helped all visitors get a deeper understanding of the major milestones of this most beautiful of all arts. 

Later this day, professor Shen Peifang, a project participant from China, who fills the position of Administrative Director of the Shanghai Calligraphy Association, and Can Lan, Director of the Chinese Association of Calligraphy Writing, shared their sophisticated vision on the world of Chinese Calligraphy, making exquisite allusions to classical music.