Calligraphy Tracing - Flourish1.2.9 - App Store

Practice the art of cursive handwriting and letter tracing with Flourish - a unique calligraphy app for writing flourishing letters on your iPhone and iPad.

Get started with our 34 free alphabet tracing letters, plus a sample of our original hand drawn 'Calligrams' and practice your lettering style. Become a calligrapher in no time!

Add flourishing cursive loops at the start and end of your words to give your letters an artful appearance. Then hide your tracing lines, choose a background paper texture and download your design!

Use the traditional ink pens to experience the soothing activity of writing curly, swirly letter flourishes. Or if you prefer italic style letters, our flat head marker pens are great for drawing graffiti tag style art.

Save your letterforms and calligraphy masterpieces to the gallery and return to them again. Buy the full app upgrade to write with a full set of coloured inks, unlock all the backgrounds, ornament borders, all tracing words and save unlimited designs!

THE LETTERING DESIGN PROCESS

- Tap the grid button and choose a grid size
- Tap the letters button and choose a tracing letter or calligram
- Move and scale your letter over the grid
- Choose a pen and color (Pro users)
- When you're happy, tap the shortcut buttons to hide the grid and tracing letter
- Save your work!

PRO UPGRADE APP FEATURES

- 16 ink colors
- 20 paper textures
- 11 ornamental border frames
- 52 alphabet tracing letters (lower and upper case)
- 36 special tracing calligrams
- Save unlimited designs to your gallery
- Removes Watermark

EXPORT YOUR ART

Download an HD JPG image to upload to your Social Media, Photoshop or send to a friend.

iPad Jpg size - 2048x1536
iPhone Jpg size - 3280x1536 (super wide image)

OUR OTHER APPS

Prefer Asian style calligraphy? Try our popular app Calligraphy Calm and get into the Zen vibe. Featuring different ornament borders and Chinese style stamps.

Need to design a great logo? Get our apps Logo 7 and Logo King for iPhone and iPad.

Version History - changed 2 of the Tracing Words in Spanish (Muchas Gracias) and Portuguese (Muito Obrigado)
- small bug fix 1.2.9 06/14/2025 - Big update! 4 new tracing calligrams have been added in German, Spanish and Portuguese
- unlocked more capital letters to trace for free users
- updated app links
- bold new screenshots 1.2.8 06/07/2025 - fixed the 'type your name' Text Input (Pro feature)
- added a shortcut 'Type' button which allows you to quickly go back to the Text Input screen 1.2.7 05/31/2025 - fixed a critical bug which happened on the ornamental borders. Sorry we didn't find this sooner! 1.2.6 01/07/2024 - updated screenshots in Spanish and Portuguese language
- updated with new software 1.2.5 06/02/2023 - Added a 'Type Text' Tool for Pro users for tracing any word or sentence
- new tracing word added: Peachy 1.2.4 02/12/2023 - Portuguese language option for app navigation 1.2.3 01/17/2023 BIG UPDATE!
- added arrows to all alphabet tracing letters
- new tutorial guide (tap the ? button at the top of the canvas)
- many UI improvements
- better ornament scaling
- app now has 2 new language settings: Spanish and German!
- 2 trial colours included for Free users 1.2.2 01/14/2023 - Added 2 new calligrams in the tracing section (1 free - 'Hey!', 1 pro - 'Love you')
- New app icon for a new year :)
- Built with new software 1.2.1 01/04/2023 - updated with new software
- added a link to our brand new app 'Lightbox MSG' 1.2.0 12/31/2022 - improved iPhone navigation
- updated with new In-App Purchase software 1.1.9 12/04/2022 - urgent bug fix! Fixed the grid panel buttons, which did not work for paid users. We apologise for this. 1.1.8 11/07/2022 NEW LINE GRID PANEL!

- added a button dashboard for the line grids (4 letter writing grids + lined & square grid)
- added 2 handy toggles to quickly hide the tracing letters & grids
- improved button navigation 1.1.7 10/07/2022 IMPORTANT UPDATE!

- added a 'grid lines' button, which now allows you to overlay tracing letters on top of the 4 grid layouts.
- alphabet letters are now more tilted to fit the angle of the grid.
- added better wood background 1.1.6 10/01/2022 - fixed a glitch that sometimes happened with the marker pens 1.1.5 07/30/2022 - removed code to do with Ad tracking (we do not show targeted Ads) 1.1.4 05/27/2021 - unlocked 1 extra background for free users (blue watercolor)
- added occasional Ads 1.1.3 05/14/2021 - changed app subtitle
- aded a link to our new app: Logo King - Vintage Logo Maker 1.1.2 04/29/2021 - Added 8 more paper backgrounds! * Tip: Pro users can create blend effects using the lighter colours on certain papers (such as watercolours) 1.1.1 03/24/2021 - Now includes 30 free tracing letters and more!! Please rate generously and keep Flourish Ad-free :) 1.1 03/20/2021 - updated the More Apps page with our latest app: Icon Designer 1.0.9 01/26/2021 ** New Functionality! Now you can change the size and placement of the tracing letters and ornamental borders (tap the letters or borders button, select an option and on the next step you'll be able to move it where you like) 1.0.8 01/08/2021 - improved Home screen layout
- added new holiday season products to our 'More' section 1.0.7 11/26/2020 - Holiday Season Edition: 3 new Tracing words added. Merry Christmas! 1.0.6 11/24/2020 - added a video preview on the Appstore for iPad
- added some new screenshots for iPad 1.0.5 11/06/2020