Calligraphy
Books
Selected books featuring guides, history, and techniques
of hand lettering.
Writing & Illuminating & Lettering
Classic study of penmanship, lettering and illumination covers fundamentals
of acquiring a formal hand, creating manuscript books, techniques of
illumination, lettering and methods of constructing and arranging letters,
the Roman alphabet and its derivatives, lettering on metal, wood and
stone, other topics. This reference book was first published in 1906
and has become a bible for any serious calligrapher.
Pen
Lettering
Here is a penetrating analysis of the Roman and italic book hands. Layout,
proportion and spacing are completely and intelligently dealt with. "Regarded
by many as the best small book on lettering and calligraphy".
Calligraphy
School (Reader's Digest Learn-As-You-Go Guide)
Provides a step-by-step course in the fundamentals of calligraphy, from
basic script and individual letters to complex calligraphic designs, accompanied
by special practice projects to help students master the writing techniques.
Calligraphy
Today: 20th Century Tradition & Practice
Includes definitions, historical background, revival of calligraphy in
Britain, calligraphy in Britain today, in Europe, and in the United States;
bibliography & index of calligraphers. Many illustrations/examples
in black and white.
Step-By-Step
Calligraphy: A Complete Guide With Creative
Projects
Materials-selection information and comprehensive instruction
for re-creating a variety of calligraphic lettering styles. Detailed
instruction and technical exercises are given for six calligraphic styles.
"Exceptionally well written, clearly illustrated and astonishingly helpful."
Calligraphy
for the Beginner
The title says it all. This is a no-frills, how-to book on essental calligraphic
alphabets. This large-format introductory manual, starts at the very
beginning and goes on to cover every aspect of lettering and calligraphy.
Instructions on how to write the major calligraphic hands are clearly
shown, as are guidelines and suggestions for their application.
More
Than Fine Writing: The Life and Calligraphy of
Irene Wellington
Wellington's calligraphy has been praised for its absolute rightness of
design, its liveliness and grace, its easy fusion of writing and decoration.
This pioneer of the British arts-and-crafts movement could turn a listing
of 400 bailiffs into an elegant piece of abstract design. This album includes
125 color reproductions of her writings and illuminations.
The
History and Technique of Lettering
This comprehensive, well-illustrated volume
ranges from the earliest pictographs and hieroglyphics to the work of
20th-century designers. Subjects include early writing forms; Roman lettering;
runes and medieval hands; the Carolingian minuscule and derivative types;
humanistic writing and derivative fonts; the effects of the Industrial
Revolution on lettering; and much more. An outstanding and inexpensive
resource, featuring 89 complete alphabets and more than 165 additional
specimens.
Calligraphy:
The Art of Written Forms
One of the most widely read and consulted texts on calligraphy ever written.
History, theory, materials and techniques of calligraphy, typography and
constructed letters. Over 500 illustrations and an exhaustive bibliography
of scholarly and technical references. "One of the most comprehensive
and well made histories of lettering and calligraphy ... crammed with information
on every aspect of the alphabet."
Learn
Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering and Design
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
Books
