Frances I don’t think any art form will ever be completely dead. There will always be a varying number of people that may practice any art form at any particular point in time.

Twenty Two years ago many people that worked in offices that issued wedding licenses were trained in calligraphy. I don’t know if that is still in practice but like everything else in the world what goes around comes around again in time.

Fifty years ago I was among many people that were purchasing metal nibs as my primary calligraphic tool. Thirty years ago many of the calligraphers I knew were practicing the very old skill of making quills from goose feathers.

There will always be a varying number of people interested in a skill and will keep it living to varying degrees.