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A calligram is text arranged in such a way that it forms a thematically related image. It can be a poem, a phrase, a portion of scripture, or a single word; the visual arrangement can rely on certain use of the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting, for instance along non-parallel and curved text lines, or in shaped paragraphs. The image created by the words illustrates the text by expressing visually what it says, or something closely associated; it can also, on purpose, show something contradictory with the text or otherwise misleading.

Guillaume Apollinaire was a famous calligram writer and author of a book of poems called Calligrammes.

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See also

• Ambigram
• Concrete poetry
• Islamic calligraphy
• Micrography
• Visual poetry

References

• Sonja A.J. Neef: Kalligramme. Zur Medialität einer Schrift. Anhand von Paul van Ostaijens "De feesten van angst en pijn". Amsterdam: ASCA Press 2000 [https://books.google.com/books?id=AgFpRlht8ykC&printsec=frontcover&dq=kalligramme&source=bl&ots=ErBM5ZRv2S&sig=urcjtlykIaY30brBbWKb-RG68NU&hl=de&ei=0kJcS8rtJNOksQb10LjRAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false]
• Deme, Zoltan: Poem-miniatures. In: Chords of Scales, Globe Publish House 1995. Library of Congress No: 2003278749  
• Post-War Japanese Poetry (with lots of Japanese calligrams), Penguin Books, 1972.

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• A collection of calligrams by Laura Ruggeri

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