Workshop boom

The big letters can be very sexy

Angelika Doppelbauer is a curator at the Bartlhaus Writing Center in Pettenbach.(Bild: E. Mazzi)

Writing letters is becoming increasingly popular. And nothing can top handwritten invitation cards anyway. The Bartlhaus in Pettenbach not only has a center for beautiful handwriting, but you can also pimp your handwriting in workshops here. The "Krone" asked.

"Unfortunately, handwriting is disappearing more and more," says Angelika Doppelbauer. The curator from Wels has made the Bartlhaus handwriting museum in Pettenbach fit for the Capital of Culture together with a dedicated local team. "It's like winning the lottery for us," she says, "because the Bartlhaus has been an insider tip for 30 years, and that has now changed. We've never had so much media coverage before."

The Bartlhaus is now internationally renowned as a modern competence center for writing and is presenting itself to the public this year. On the one hand, top-class exhibitions are on display, currently including typefaces from different cultures and contemporary ex-libris by well-known artists, including famous names such as Franz Blaas and Lena Göbel.

On the other hand, workshops are offered in the summer, which are presented by the "Krone". Handwriting is back in fashion.

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Atmosphere like in an artist's studio
The "Calligraphy taster course" (June 7 or 15) is tailor-made for beginners who want to design menus, invitations and Christmas greetings in artistic lettering. Large letters, ornate, decorated, elegant and sexy, are currently booming. You can learn how to design and execute so-called "cadels" yourself in "Cadels - lustfully playful" (July 5 to 7). A course with Viennese calligrapher Eva Pöll (29. 8. to 1. 9.) will immerse you in the art of freehand calligraphy.