Learn Calligraphy : The Complete Book of Lettering and Design Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Shepherd, Margaret
- Used
From America's premier calligrapher comes an elegant, hand-lettered instruction guide for mastering five different calligraphic alphabets while learning about the fascinating evolution of this art form.
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- Title Learn Calligraphy : The Complete Book of Lettering and Design
- Author Shepherd, Margaret
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 168
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date February 20, 2001
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5884861-6
- ISBN 9780767907323 / 0767907329
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.5 in (27.18 x 21.34 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Calligraphy - Technique
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00053016
- Dewey Decimal Code 745.61
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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 yourcreative personality.
