This catalog page lists books for Calligraphy books and lettering Kits.
These books cover calligraphy procedures and history, and most are tutorial in design and usage.
Includes lettering kits and calligraphy workbooks. Some of these books were written for beginning calligraphers, but others will expand any calligrapher's knowledge of lettering and calligraphy.
Handwriting is much more than a tool for communication and record keeping, it's an expression of your personality, and in the case of calligraphy, a way to create art. So while computer fonts streamline our signatures and correspondence, calligraphy is reemerging as a cherished technique that gives the ultimate personal touch.
No matter what you use your calligraphy skills for, being able to hand-letter your own creative ideas into gorgeous pieces of art, adds an important dimension to your work experience.
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-Walter Foster Publishing, Arthur Newall, Eugene Metcalf (Illustrators)
Paperback 32 pages / Published January 2001
A truly unusual and unique resource
This is the perfect introductory kit for anyone who wants to learn the fascinating art of calligraphy. Inside is everything needed to get started, including a 32-page project book filled with inspiring ideas.
Written by well-known calligraphers Arthur Newall and Eugene Metcalf, the project book contains step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, and easy-to-follow illustrations. It clearly explains the basics of lettering, including pen styles, angles, and hand positions, letter heights and spacing. Presents advanced techniques for rendering several calligraphic alphabets, such as Sans Serif, Roman, Chancery Cursive, Uncial, Black Letter, and Batarde. The book concludes with tips on how to use size, weight, form, and direction for lettering design.
This kit makes an ideal gift. All the supplies are safe and easy to use, and the book teaches skills that can be applied for a lifetime.
Kit contains:
32-page project book
Cartridge calligraphy pen
3 nibs (medium, broad, extra broad)
8 ink cartridges (colors vary)
Felt-tip calligraphy pen
Calligraphy paper
Practice paper pad
Guideline sheet
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-Gaynor Goffe, Anna Ravenscroft / Hardcover 176 pages / Published June 1994
This excellant primer from Reader's Digest is a complete practical course for beginning calligraphers. It is a step-by-step guide to the fine art of lettering. Includes structured exercises throughout the book, and practical step-by-step instructions help you put your new skills into action.
Includes eight projects.
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-Diagram Group / Paperback 288 pages / Published April 1998
This workbook is an excellent reference book, particularly for someone just getting into the art of Calligraphy. It is a most complete A to Z course in calligraphy. It covers basic topics like tools, basic letterforms, and projects. Explains what each pen can do, and how inks and paints affect the quality of your work. Discusses master line spacing, centering, layout, pasting up, and color. Start with and perfect "skeleton letters", then gradually work to perfect more complex alphabets, layout, and color. Then see how to make fancy giftwraps, greeting cards, letters, and posters, and how to copy poetry and prose of your own making.
Includes many illustrations and examples to help demonstrate the principles discussed in the text.
This is one book no beginning calligrapher should do without.
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-Margaret Shepherd / Paperback 168 pages / Published September 1986
Shepherd's classic 1978 primer, Learning Calligraphy, now out-of-print, sold more than 250,000 copies and introduced thousands of people to this elegant art form. Now, this revised and improved edition brings a fresh and modern approach to the world of calligraphy, inviting a whole new generation to master the techniques. She has also refined her Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Italic, and Bookhand lettering.
Learn Calligraphy guides readers step-by-step in the subtle movements required to perfect each letter. Describes everything from choosing the correct pen nib to finding an angle that is both comfortable and graceful. Includes comprehensive lessons and advice for choosing alphabets appropriate for different moods, messages, and media. The author encourages variant strokes to personalize lettering and create true art. Discusses intriguing details about calligraphers throughout the ages, from ancient Rome to the Renaissance.
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-Margaret Shepherd / Paperback 110 pages / Published September 1986
This inspiring lettering guidebook guides calligraphers step-by-step in the subtle movements required to perfect each letter of the Alphabet. And provides plenty of structured practice. This book presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year, 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day). In addition to daily practice, a practical lettering project is provided for each week, 52 in all. In addition, included are wholly creative projects such as designing an award to money-makers like wedding invitations and greeting cards.
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