Demonstrations of the five basic strokes using two types of calligraphy tools. On the left is a demonstration of hard calligraphy, where the writer holds a hard pen and practices dot, horizontal, vertical, apostrophe, and downstroke from left to right on a grid of paper, and on the right is a demonstration of soft calligraphy, where the writer holds a felt-tip pen and writes dot, horizontal, vertical, apostrophe, downstroke.