Calligraphy: 1, Learning The Art Of Beautiful Writing

Learn the basics of beautiful writing with this fascinating introduction featuring a master scribe. You'll learn the tools and materials needed, the origins of the art, and the basic techniques of lettering. This guides you through the complete upper and lower-case letters, numerals and punctuation in the Italic hand. You'll see the step-by-step procedures for pen manipulation, traditional methods of measuring letter height and width, spacing between letters and words, and an introduction to page layout. Winner of Certificate of Typographic Excellence from the Type Directors Club of New York.