Learning Calligraphy: A Book of Lettering, Design and History

by Margaret Shepard

A book of Lettering, Design and History to assist learning Calligraphy This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0020155506
• ISBN13: 9780020155508
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Collier Books
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Entire book lettered in Calligraphy! Very impressive!

I have been teaching Calligraphy for over 20 years. I've reviewed many books, and I like this one the best. I recommend this book for my students. I suggest they buy this book first, then check out the others by this author, they're all outstanding!

An excellent guide for beginners.

This book is for people who want to do it right-- if you're looking for shortcuts to writing calligraphy, you won't find it here. The author gives you all the rules, techniques, and points to remember for creating authentic calligraphy, and starts with the oldest forms (with their brief histories) onward. It's interesting to discover some of the evolutions and developments of the written letter; this book gives you an appreciation for them. The entire book is even written in longhand calligraphy, not machine-typed, with a lot of good examples and projects. Excellent guide.