Calligraphic Lettering - Softcover

Douglass, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823005518 ISBN 13: 9780823005512

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S., 1983

Synopsis

A new edition of the classic work on the art of calligraphy provides step-by-step lessons and dozens of creative exercises that cover the various calligraphic alphabets, brush lettering, designed letters, and calligraphy tools and materials, in a primer that also discusses the history of beautiful writing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Calligraphy can make a plain wedding invitation into a work of art; put a unique and beautiful label on a gift or article of clothing; or add a graceful, personal touch to even the simplest correspondence. People who are serious about calligraphy have turned to this resource since 1949 to make this intricate art easy to understand and effortless to perform. Filled with step-by-step lessons and creative exercises, this guide is a classic text on a timeless art. Readers will practice the various calligraphic alphabets (such as roman, italic, and script), brush lettering, designed letters and type. and much more through a whole host of uncomplicated techniques and methods that should benefit all students of calligraphy - whether a fine artist, an on-the-job craftsperson, or an everyday enthusiast. Readers will also find examples taken from all periods of art history, and detailed explanations of the various tools and materials people need to practice calligraphy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0823005518
• ISBN 13: 9780823005512
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 112