Tibetan calligraphy

However, unlike other East Asian calligraphic traditions, calligraphy was done using a reed pen as opposed to a brush.

[1] A variety of different styles of calligraphy exist in Tibet: The vertical Phags-pa script is known as horyig (ཧོར་ཡིག་ hor-yig, "Mongolian letters").

A more ornamental version of the horyig style was used in the past to make personal seals.

The world record for the longest calligraphy scroll is held by Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar, who penned a 163.2 meter scroll containing 65,000 Tibetan characters.

The scroll contains prayers for the 14th Dalai Lama composed by 32 different monks.