Calligraphy writing effect:

1. Create a new Composition.

2. Add your setting of choise.

3. From menu bar choose Layer > New > text to add a new Text layer.

4. From the Tools panel select Text Tool and Type in a word.

5. From the Tools panel select Pen Tool and draw a line around the text.

6. Now, go to Effect and generate a stroke.

7. Now we are going to cover up the whole text by increasing the brush size.

8. At this point we are going to animate the End point. Change the end point to Zero and click on the watch icon

to create a key frame.

9. Move the Time-indicator to the last frame, then change the End point to 100 %.

10. ... and change the paint style to Reveal Original Image. Test you Animation