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Overview
Absolute beginners can learn how to get started on the basic Italic hand in this practical guide. Detailed discussions cover spacing and connecting letters; forming words and sentences; drawing "swash" capitals; changing nibs; using color; making corrections; waterproofing; addressing envelopes, making invitations, and stationery, and transcribing special texts. Numerous black-and-white illustrations.Synopsis
Absolute beginners can learn how to get started on the basic Italic hand in this practical guide. Detailed discussions cover spacing and connecting letters; forming words and sentences; drawing "swash" capitals; changing nibs; using color; making corrections; waterproofing; addressing envelopes, making invitations, and stationery, and transcribing special texts. Numerous black-and-white illustrations.
Library Journal
Douglass's contribution to the elegant art of calligraphy is meant to be "a sound elementary introduction...for the casual letterer" and "the beginning calligrapher." The book hits its rather modest mark, covering the Roman alphabet, Italic, script, and other historic forms. It was originally published in 1949, and substantial revisions appear to have ended in 1967. The bibliography ends with that date, and the book misses recent innovations in color and design. Winters and Lico's Calligraphy in Ten Easy Lessons was originally published in 1986, but its revisions do take on calligraphy's most recent concepts and sources. The book covers only basic italic hand but does so thoroughly. It is highly recommended as an inexpensive beginner's manual. For a more advanced treatment, see David Harris's The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide to the Skills and Techniques. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.