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B033. Pen Lettering/Camp
Pen Lettering by Ann Camp. 6th UK edition. 2008. 80pp. 5.5" x 8.5". Paper
The classic introduction to broad-edged calligraphy through the foundational hand. Covers making the letters to spacing words, planning and designing a page, and eventually planning a book.
*This UK edition at times uses inches and at other times uses metric measurements.
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B2825. Simple Stroke Calligraphy/Donley
Simple Stroke Calligraphy
By Marci Donley. 2006. 128pp. 8.5" x 11".Hardcover. Retail Price $24.95.
This beginner's manual teaches four hands: Gothic, Italic, Uncial and Copperplate, showing each stroke in sequence for each letter.The exemplar alphabet is shown in black. The strokes and sequence for each letter are then individually shown using different colors of transparent ink. (Gothic by Virginia Farr-Jones, Italic by Carri Imai,Uncial by Jane Shibata, Copperplate by DeAnn Singh). Includes worksheets, advice on tools and materials, brush lettering, and shortcuts to spacing and drawing guidelines.Donley is from Southern California and the book includes calligraphy by several of her fellow Society for Calligraphy scribes, all reproduced in full color.
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B2811. Art & Craft Hand Lettering PAPERBACK/Cicale
The Art and Craft of Hand Lettering
By Annie Cicale. 2004. 192pp. 10"x10". Paper. Out-of-print
limited stock
Annie Cicale is well known to calligraphers throughout the USA and Canada from the many workshops and classes she has taught for guilds and at many of the summer
conferences. She now has a book with fine alphabets and good instruction. Exemplars include foundational, italic, roman, black letter, uncial, italic handwriting, pointed pen, brush lettering and ruling pen alphabets. She covers
design and includes a generous gallery. Color throughout.
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B2013. Art of Calligraphy/Harris
The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide to the Skills and Techniques.
By David Harris. 1995. 128pp. 8.75" x 11.25". Paper. LIST $17.95
This instructional manual presents 24 or so historical hands from rustic to italic. For each hand one or more historical examples are shown. Sometimes an enlarged detail or a
modern work in the hand are also given. Harris also gives us some background info on each hand. The instructional material includes exemplar alphabets and a ductus printed in several colors of transparent ink that show the individual strokes and their sequence. Hints on letter formation are
given. All illustrations are in full color.
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B2832. 1-2-3 Calligraphy/Winters
1-2-3 Calligraphy: Letters and Projects for Beginners and Beyond.
By Eleanor Winters. 2006. 128pp. 8.75" x 9.25". Hardcover.
While there is duplication from her first book for kids, this is Calligraphy for Kids II. First there is a thorough review of Italic. Then instead of Uncial and Foundational, this one presents gothic variations including Gothicized italic. A series of projects follows. While this one works by itself, Calligraphy for Kids is a better book for beginners. It presents Italic, Foundational, Uncial & basic Blackletter.
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B2627. Calligraphy: Easel Does It/Howells
Calligraphy Easel-Does-It. Edited by Nancy-Ouchida Howells. 2004. 96pp. 10-5/8"x8". Spiral. Paper.
Clear step-by-step instructions for using calligraphy and creating projects including a place card, menu, invitation, poem, album/scrapbook covers, family tree, wrapping paper, gift tag, greeting card, and a wooden box. The projects progress from simple to complex, covering a wide range of techniques, including paper folding, writing with resist, drawing with a pen, flourishes, watercolor washes, writing with multi-colors, layered writing and collage. For beginner or intermediate scribe. The flip-over, easel style format allows the book to stand upright. The card stock pages are ring-bound, making the pages easy to view while working. 170 full color photos.
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B2614. Codici 1/Ingmire
Codici 1.
Edited by Thomas Ingmire. 2003. 64pp. 8.5"x11". Paper.
Ingmire is best known for his expressive -- and often
non-legible -- calligraphic works. This illustrated notebook
draws primarily from Ingmire's teaching. It presents the assignments, support materials, the works created by the students, as well as images and brief discussions of his own recent works that relate to the program. Topics include inventing new forms, lettering as drawing, the expressive line, the shape and space of writing, the word as image, Hans-Joachim Burgert: the calligraphic line, the space of
writing: the ditchling project. The emphasis is on a visual rather than a verbal message.
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B2888. Calligraphy: Course in Hand .../Grebenstein
Calligraphy: A Course in Hand Lettering.
By Maryanne Grebenstein. 2006. 112pp. 11.25"x9.25".
Hardcover spiral. Retail Price $19.95.
This beginners manual provides instruction for Italic, Uncial (& half uncial), Carolingian, Gothic and Foundational. While mostly black & white, there are a few color photos of historic examples. Translucent plastic guidelines included in the back for each hand.
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B2553. Digital Calligraphy/Thomson, Georg
Digital Calligraphy: How to Create Perfect Lettering from Your Desktop
By George Thomson. 2003. 160pp. 9.25"x10.25".
Paper. Retail Price $24.95.
Brief introduction to computers, choosing software, and
vectors & bitmaps. Covers both scanning calligraphy into the computer and creating letterforms digitally. Explores computer manipulation of letters including outlines and fills,
patterns and textures, overlays, drop shadows, bitmap effects, and using color. Full color gallery. Denis Brown, Michael Clark,Manny Ling, Christopher Haanes, Ray Ritchie, and George Thomson are among the contributors.
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B2762. Encyc of Callig/Noble & Mehigan
The Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques
By Mary Noble and Janet Mehigan. 2005. 160pp. 8.75"x8.75". Hardcover. Retail Price $27.95
These copies have bumped corners
This manual for beginning and intermediate scribes covers all the main hands plus edged brush and ruling pen. Includes an extensive section on illumination techniques plus experimental gilding and decorative borders. The extensive and superb gallery brings together traditional and experimental practitioners. Plenty here to inspire you!
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