Serbian calligraphy ( sr, краснопис/, /) is a form of calligraphy based on the

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...

used to write the

Serbian language Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and K ...

. The most notable calligraphists are

Zaharije Orfelin Zaharije Orfelin ( sr-Cyrl, Захаријe Орфелин; 1726 – 19 January 1785) was a Serbs, Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Austrian Monarchy and Republic of Venice, Venice. Works *''Pesan novosadelanuje za gradjanku go ...

(1720–1785),

Hristofor Žefarović Hristofor Žefarović ( bg, Христофор Жефарович, sr-cyr, Христофор Жефаровић, ''Hristofor Zhefarovich'') was an 18th-century painter, engraver, writer and poet and a notable proponent of early pan-South Slavis ...

(d. 1753), and Ivan Boldižar (1917–1986).

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* Jovan the Serb of Kratovo (1526–1583), priest and scribe *

(1720–1785), polymath *

(d. 1753), polymath * Ivan Boldižar (1917–1986) * Vladislav Stanković *

Zoran Ilić Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and a little in Slovenia. Notable people with this given na ...

, painter

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* * *{{cite web, title=Raskršća, with Vladislav Stanković (Youtube video), publisher=RTS, language=Serbian Cyrillic script Serbian culture Serbian language Calligraphy

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