The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy: A Manual and Model Book of the Pointed Pen Method

by Gordon Turner

Copperplate, a calligraphic style popular in England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, remains one of the most elegant and popular styles among calligraphers. This volume is a complete manual on the technique of writing with the pointed pen in roundhand, which is the American version of copperplate. You'll find detailed step-by-step instructions for executing the straight stroke, variations on the straight stroke (heavy strokes, hairline),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486255123
• ISBN13: 9780486255125
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.2" x 10.9"