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B040. Written Letters/Svaren
Written Letters: 33 Alphabets for Calligraphers
By Jacqueline Svaren. 1986. 75pp. 10"x11". Paper.
Covers 33 alphabets with exemplars, ductus, and letter by letter hints on shape and construction. All presented in a beautiful format in red and black. One of our most popular books. Highly recommended.
Includes:
Square Capitals
Rustic - Antique & Modern
Uncial - Antique & Modern
Half-uncial
Carolingian & Versals
Blackletter
Humanist Bookhand
Slab-serif (Egyptian)
Legend (Legende)
Legend Rapid
Neuland
Foundational
Bone & Osteon
Italic
Italic Handwriting
Italic for Reproduction
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B2302. Uncommon Numbers Manual/Casey
The Uncommon Numbers Manual
By Brenda Casey 1999. 80pp. 8.5" x 5.5". Paper.
Covers the construction of numbers for Uncial (Waters), Blackletter (Dunham), Italic (Alice), Copperplate (Artigas), Bookhand (Cheryl O Adams), Neuland (Rohrs), and Pointed Pen Uncial (Kecseg). For each an exemplar for the alphabet. A ductus and further instruction on the numbers is
included with each hand. Julian Waters has contributed "Designing with Italic Letters and Numbers."
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DVD29. Italic with Flourish DVD
Italic with a Flourish
By Margaret Daubney. DVD 52 minutes.
Using clear demonstrations, explains the features of a formal italic hand, guides you through the letterforms and shows you how to develop and use your skills. Includes plenty of technical advice. Daubney was a tutor at Roehampton.
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B020. Insights Into Left-Handed Calligraphy
Insights into Left-handed Calligraphy
By Betsy Rivers-Kennedy. 1984. 32pp. 5.5"x8.5". Paper.
For left-handers and teachers. Covers four methods of writing: The Right-Handed Influence, The Sideways Approach, The Hook, & The Upsidedown Method. The best book available for left handed calligraphy.
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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 of Hand Lettering /Cicale
The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering by Annie Cicale. Revised 2011. 192pp. 10x10. Paper $19.95
To be available again October 2011, perhaps sooner. Place your order now. Your card will not be charged before the book ships.
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. The new printing has the same fine alphabets and good instruction, but now with larger reproductions of the historical manuscripts. 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. Our most highly recommended instructional book for broad-edged calligraphy. Great for classes or self-study.
Take a peek at the cover, title page, and table of contents of the new printing!
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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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