Description Clear instructions and 129 photos welcome you to the world of calligraphy.
They attended the Scriptorium of Toulouse, a center of study for typography and calligraphy, and are the founders of the Scripsit Association, an organization promoting calligraphy..
About the Author Veronique Sabard, Vicent Geneslay, and Laurent Rebena are calligraphers and graphic designers.
Finally, a gallery of 24 masterworks by experts offers even more inspiration.
Learn the all-capital uncial script, and create a beautiful wine list with it; try Gothic textura for a calendar, or chancery for a letterhead design.
Then a practice exercise helps you master the style.
For each style, the book explains its historical use and its characteristics, teaches the correct formation of each letter, and offers suggestions and tips.
Then comes a chronological Introduction to each of the 5 major styles of Western script, beginning with the Roman uncial script of around 600 BCE and covering the several forms that developed in the following centuries.
Practice exercises help you understand upstrokes, downstrokes, the optical center, and more.
Starting with the pens, inks, and writing surfaces you\'ll need, the book explains the basics, from filling the pen to holding the nib at the right angle.
Description Clear instructions and 129 photos welcome you to the world of calligraphy
