Tayasui Calligraphy 4+

Could be better

I downloaded this on spec because I love Tayasui’s sketch apps on my iPhone. When I saw there was a calligraphy app compatible with Apple Pencil, I had to get it to break in my iPad Pro.

I am a bit disappointed at how lite the features are here. There is not much control and my first few experiences with the app left me slightly disappointed. More features would be greatly appreciated. A few random thoughts and suggestions: my hand triggers the brush unintentionally sometimes when I use my Apple Pencil. A move tool and/or layers would be appreciated. Pressure sensitivity on the black letter brush doesn’t appear to work. More Apple Pencil compatibility, for example the double-tap on pencil function.

I’ll keep playing with this app, and maybe I’ll get better. Thanks!

Developer Response ,

Hi,
Thank you for reaching us.
We are currently working on an important update: the addition of layers, calligraphy guides and paper and image import options for the background.
We hope you'll like it. The update is coming very soon.
Best Regards,
Tayasui Dev Team

Great app still lacking basic import layer function?

I’ve been waiting and coming back to this app every so often because it’s one of the best caligraphy apps there is but what hurts it is that it still lacks basic import layer functions. Can’t import an alphabet or certificate to practice tracing. It’s mind boggling why. It has a great paper creating feature that is a very powerful that many drawing apps lack. But still missing ability to import. The developer responded to me a couple years ago so i help hope that they’d add the basic feature but the app appears almost abandoned. I hope all is well with the developer I understand sometimes health and life get in the way.

Good, room for improvement

I feel quite limited by size of the canvas and the guidelines. The guidelines are way too big if you wanted to write anything more than a short word (55 slant). When I rotate my iPad to be in landscape mode it turns 55 slant into a 35 slant? Not sure why it does that. I also wish you could move the canvas similar to procreate. If I wanted to write on the left hand side I would need to zoom in. It won’t just let me center the left side of the canvas. Also zooming is kinda buggy.