The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Them
by David Harris
from Barron's Educational Series
Both hobbyists and students of design will value this easy-to-use self-teaching book. Each of its 100 sections shows a complete A-to-Z calligraphy alphabet, with lessons on correct pen strokes and advice on avoiding errors. Beginners will find sound basic instruction, while experienced calligraphers can extend their repertoire with letter styles that range from classic Roman to clean and elegant contemporary styles. In addition to analysis of each alphabet’s features, the book’s detailed instruction provides information on— Tools and materials * Layout basics * Numerals and punctuation * Illumination and ornamentation * Tips for the left-handed calligrapher . . . and more. Readers will also find examples by master calligraphers from past eras. This book’s spiral binding ensures that pages lay flat when opened, allowing calligraphers to study and copy each pen stroke with ease. The Calligrapher’s Bible is printed in color and features more than 350 illustrations.
Learn Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering and Design
by Margaret Shepherd
from Broadway
In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In this book, Margaret Shepherd, America's premier calligrapher, shows you that calligraphy is not simply a craft you can learn, but an elegant art form that you can make your own.
Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. Whether it is Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Bookhand, or Italic style, calligraphy conveys class and elegance. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will:
* Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles.
* Give detailed technical advice on choosing pens, paper, and inks, setting up your workspace, mastering various pen angles, along with step-by-step illustrations to guide you as you practice.
* Explain which alphabets are appropriate for different forms of writing. For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication.
* Encourage you to personalize your lettering by using variant strokes and interpreting how you would like the words to look on the page.
* Inspire you with carefully chosen illustrations and examples, which bring letters to life.
In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "Calligraphy trains not only your eye and hand, but your mind as well." Learn Calligraphy is the authoritative primer for this age-old craft, and will help develop a new appreciation for lettering as you discover your creative personality.
The Bible of Illuminated Letters: A Treasury of Decorative Calligraphy (Quarto Book)
by Margaret Morgan
from Barron's Educational Series
The ancient art of illuminating manuscripts is currently attracting many new enthusiasts among artists, art students, and lovers of calligraphy. The Bible of Illuminated Letters is a volume they’ll all want to add to their collections. It presents step-by-step instructions for recreating twelve illuminated alphabets. Among them are Celtic, Saxon, Gothic, Romanesque, Modern Revival, and seven more, including several modern scripts. Detailed diagrams instruct on creating upper- and lower-case letters, as well as on ways for designing borders and decorations. More ambitious students can also follow clear directions for gilding—decorating with gold leaf—as was originally done in medieval European monasteries. Readers and students of illumination who open this book will find: a history of illumination; required tools, techniques, and materials for illuminating; instruction in layout and design; and steps to follow in order to create 12 alphabet styles. This beautiful book also features a picture gallery of outstanding historical and contemporary illuminated letters, as well as a glossary and index. More than 400 inspiring color illustrations in total.
Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy, a Step-by-Step Manual
by Eleanor Winters
from Dover Publications
Logo Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols
by Leslie Cabarga
from How Design Books
This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! There are many books on the market that simply display collections of logos and fonts, and that give the history of logos and fonts. But Logo, Font & Lettering Bible is unique in that it teaches you how to create logos and fonts from scratch using traditional tools as well as the computer programs Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer (plus a bit about FontLab). The book provides all the traditional rules and tips about letter formation relating to proportion, shaping, balance, spacing, composition and actually teaches five different methods of drawing letters on computer using bezier curves. There has never been a book like this one that goes into so much detail about drawing letters and takes such a fun and irreverent approach while doing so. The book is also full of inspiration and analysis of tons of great examples of vintage and current lettering from old manuscripts to graffiti. Logo, Font & Lettering Bible also shows you how to create fancy drop shadows and other type effects. And finally, the last section provides straight talk on the business of being a logo and font designer, from advertising your work and pricing to dealing with difficult clients (aren't they all?).
This book has been almost unanimously acclaimed by professional letterers, logo designers and font creators, both young and old. It is currently in use as a text in many typography programs and several Design college educators have stated it is one of the few texts that "students are actually happy about having to purchase."
Masterpieces of Illumination: The World's Most Famous Manuscripts 400 To 1600
by Ingo F Walther
from Taschen
Famous Manuscripts - The fascinating world of medieval miniature painting and illumination
Calligraphy Kit: Learn the Art of Beautiful Writing (Walter Foster Art Kits)
by Arthur Newhall
from Walter Foster
This complete kit includes a 32-project book that covers the basics--such as pen styles, angles, and hand positions; letter heights and spacing; and practice strokes--before offering advanced techniques for rendering several calligraphic alphabets. And every lesson can be accomplished with the array of writing materials provided, including calligraphy pens, nibs, ink cartridges, practice paper, calligraphy paper, and more!
The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin
by Bernard Meehan
from Thames & Hudson
Ready to Roll: A Celebration of the Classic American Travel Trailer
by Arrol Gellner
from Studio
Americans in search of family oriented domestic travel, safe and inexpensive, are buying trailers and RVs in record numbers. At the same time-with fantasies of Lauren Bacall sipping an extra-dry Gibson against a gleaming metal doorway in Palm Springs and Lucy and Desi's madcap Long, Long Trailer trip-they crave the vanished luxury and quirkiness of antique auto trailers. Those simpler, slower days of freedom and security are being recaptured in trailers from all eras, rescued and restored as living, road-ready Americana.
Ready to Roll, with more than 300 color photographs, taps into this trend in gloriously illustrated and insightfully chronicled retro style. Here is the complete evolution of the trailer, from the utilitarian Covered Wagon to the aristocratic Airstream and Aerocar Land Yacht to the homemade Hammer Blows of the Depression. Here too are the people who drove these cherished chariots and increasingly lived in them in trailer parks, from the stereotypically seedy to the likes of Bing Crosby's exclusive Blue Skies Trailer Village. The amazing camaraderie of groups like the Tin Can Tourists marks the trailer phenomenon as a major segment of American consciousness and history.
Calligraphy For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
by Jim Bennett
from For Dummies
You’ve always admired beautiful calligraphy, but you probably figured it was way too hard to master, right ? Â Calligraphy is actually much easier than you ever dreamed. All you need is the right guide and you’ll be up to speed in no time!
Calligraphy For Dummies lets anyone discover the art and fun of lettering. With this hands-on guide, you’ll be able to develop your craft and test it out in no time. Starting with the italic alphabet, you’ll discover different types of strokes, how to angle your pen, and how to join letters. This easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide shows you:
- All the tools you need to practice the craft
- Where to get the proper ink and paper
- How to master several alphabets
- Different variations to change the look of letters
- How to mix and match your alphabets
- How to create a poster, sign, or certificate
- Ways to design and letter a quotation
- Common mistakes that can easily be avoided
Calligraphy For Dummies also provides tips on how to put your calligraphy skills to good use, with ideas for making money, adding flair to wedding invitations, and more! It also includes ten fun alphabets and practice pages to hone in on your talent, as well as examples of poorly formed letters to keep you on track. With a little practice, you’ll be creating stunning letters and experiencing the joys of writing calligraphy!
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DK The Art of Calligraphy The Art of Calligraphy
A practical guide to the skills and techniques. Whether you want to personalize stationery or enhance other special gifts and objects, The Art of Calligraphy helps you choose equipment, from brushes, pens, pencils, papers, to inks, and then shows exactly how to produce every letter of the alphabet in a number of different scripts. Paperback measures 8 3/4 in. x 11 in., 128 pages. DK, 2005. ISBN 0756613043
Manuscript Calligraphy Masterclass Set calligraphy set
Learn and enjoy the art of beautiful writing with this comprehensive calligraphy set. The Masterclass Set contains two Manuscript Fountain Pens fitted with Medium and 4B Gilt Nibs plus two additional Gilt Nibs: 2B and Scroll Six. It also comes with 12 assorted ink cartridges (two each of Green, Black, Red, Sepia, and Blue), practice pad, three ruled guideline sheets and step-by-step manual. Replacement are also available.
Sheaffer Calligraphy Mini Kit calligraphy set
This compact set is ideal for exploring the craft of fine writing with minimal investment. The kit contains one Viewpoint Calligraphy Pen with three nibs (fine, medium, and broad), four assorted Strip ink cartridges (colors vary but may include black, blue, red, green, brown, and yellow), and an informative instruction booklet. Additional are also available.
Barron's The Calligraphy Writing Set The Calligraphy Writing Set
Create Your Own Uniquely Memorable Personal Stationery. Calligraphy?the art of beautiful writing?requires practice but can be learned by anyone who receives proper instruction. This attractive set provides both the supplies and the tutoring. A 32-page instruction booklet takes beginners through the various pen strokes and shows how to create several different alphabet scripts and decorative designs. With clear diagrams and color photos, it also offers detailed advice on how to lay out beautifully created documents. Included with the book are a two-nib calligraphy pen that has both broad and narrow tips, 20- 7 in. x 7 in. sheets of 4 different types of quality writing paper, and 20 custom-made matching envelopes. With just a little practice, beginners will find themselves creating distinctive, unique, and beautiful notes and letters. Boxed set measures 7 1/4 in. x 7 1/8 in. x 1 5/8 in., 32 pages. Ivy Press, 2005. ISBN 0764178458
Search Press An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy ISBN: 1844480577
This fascinating book introduces Japanese calligraphy and gives practical instruction showing the way these two styles of writing are combined. This book will delight anyone interested in calligraphy , whatever their skill level. It contains clear and concise instructions, inspirational calligraphy, and excellent ideas which can be developed into original and personal artworks. Paperback, 80 pgs., 8 1/2 in. x 10 3/8 in. Search Press, 2005.
Speedball Super Value Lettering & Calligraphy Kit calligraphy kit
The Speedball Super Value Lettering & Calligraphy Kit includes the essentials needed to get started in lettering and calligraphy. Perfect for beginners, students, or calligraphers, the kit is fun and easy to use The kit includes one each of the following: C1, C2, B4, and A5 nibs Penholder Super Black India Ink (2 oz.) Metallic Silver Calligraphy Ink (2 oz.) Pen Cleaner (2 oz.) Practice Paper Speedball Elementary Alphabets Instructions Booklet
Winsor & Newton Calligraphy Ink Collection dip pen calligraphy set
For those interested in the art of beautiful writing, the Winsor & Newton Calligraphy Ink Collection Set has everything you need to get started. This comprehensive set contains four 30 ml calligraphy ink bottles--scarlet, dark blue, matt black and gold. All have been formulated with carefully chosen pigments to ensure maximum brilliance of color. They are lightfast, non-waterproof, non-clogging, and particularly suited for calligraphy. The set also comes with dip pen holder, two nibs and reservoirs, 30 sheets of layout paper and five sheets of smooth cartridge paper (drawing paper).
HarperCollins Calligraphy: Easel-Does-It Calligraphy: Easel-Does-It
Using an innovative photographic method of displaying movement on the page that shows whole sequences of movement rather than step-by-step highlights, Calligraphy: Easel-Does-It makes understanding, learning and mastering the skills involved in creating illuminated text easier and more enjoyable than ever. The flip-over, easel style format also means that its 8 projects can easily be mounted for viewing while you practice. The projects are designed to develop a range of styles, including Gothic, Renaissance, Celtic, Romanesque and Modern Revival. Within each project, a technique is introduced and its usage explained; then step-by-step pictures and captions guide the reader through every stroke. All of the materials and equipment needed for each project are listed within the project. A Gallery section provides inspiration for the beginning calligrapher and demonstrates, through examples by professional calligraphers, the range of effects that can be achieved. Paperback book measures 10 5/8 in. x 8 in., 96 pages. Harper Collins. ISBN 0060588349.
Speedball Elegant Writer Calligraphy Marker fine
Developed to provide the finest quality Calligraphy Marker. Nibs are made of a durable porous plastic and are engineered with a sharper tip for more exact lettering. The most versatile marker in calligraphy. Markers have non-permanent black ink.
Speedball Elegant Writer Calligraphy Marker broad
Developed to provide the finest quality Calligraphy Marker. Nibs are made of a durable porous plastic and are engineered with a sharper tip for more exact lettering. The most versatile marker in calligraphy. Markers have non-permanent black ink.
