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Learning Calligraphy: A Book of Lettering, Design and History
Learning Calligraphy A Book of Lettering Design and History Author:Margaret Shepherd Beautifully illustrated step-by-step guide to mastering calligraphy. Here's the book to teach you the art of calligraphy quickly and simply. Margaret Shepherd covers everything you need to know to gain complete proficiency in this age-old craft. In an easy-to-understand, straightforward way she shows the different lettering techniques with t... more »he broad pen for Roman, Celtic, Gothic, Bookhand, and Italic lettering and numerals and explains what material each style is best suited for.
Each section features a sketch on the historical background of the letter-style as well as clear and beautiful samples of the lettering. And there's extra room to experiment with variants of the letter-forms. Ms Shepherd makes learning calligraphy fun by providing many illustrations, poems, and rhymes to copy. By training your eye and hand to be sensitive to design and placement, you'll soon learn how creative and original you can be.« less