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Language
English
Description
Want to enliven your typographic layouts and create unique brochures, ads, headlines, logos, greeting cards, and other graphics? Learn the basic techniques of expert calligraphy quickly and easily with this illustrated step-by-step guide. Covering all the major styles of alphabets, it teaches the basic strokes for making drawn and constructed letters, shows how to achieve good spacing, explains how to capture the essence of an alphabetic style as...
Author
Publisher
Dover
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Both a history and a how-to book, this landmark work by a great British calligrapher is required reading for every serious student of the art. Graily Hewitt introduces the general principles and the importance of the pen in the history of writing, tracing the development of minuscules and majuscules and other lettering styles. He then devotes a major portion of the book to Roman capitals, arrangement, legibility, and materials, including pens and...
Author
Publisher
Perigee
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In an increasingly digital and impersonal world, hand-lettering is more popular than ever. A way to personalize everything from book covers to T-shirts and restaurant menus, as well as a form of self-expression and cutting-edge design, writing by hand makes the written word immediate and intimate. This beautiful and inviting book serves as an inspiring primer and an interactive workbook. Creative prompts encourage readers to create their own serifs,...
