Calligraphy in 24 hours / Veiko Kespersaks.
Title:
Calligraphy in 24 hours / Veiko Kespersaks.
ISBN:
9780764145063
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition for North America.
Publication Information:
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's, 2011.
Physical Description:
160 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"A Quarto Book".
Includes index.
Contents:
Getting started. Tools and materials ; Paper ; Setting up ; Understanding letterforms ; Correcting mistakes -- The lessons. Roman capitals : monoline ; Roman capitals : broad-edge ; Uncials ; Foundational : minuscules ; Composition and layout ; Decorative borders ; Gothic cursive : minuscules ; Gothic cursive : majuscules ; Italic : minuscules ; Italic : majuscules ; Spacing letters and words ; Flourished italic : minuscules ; Flourished italic : majuscules ; Chancery cursive : minuscules ; Chancery cursive : majuscules ; Copperplate : minuscules ; Copperplate : majuscules ; Designing with color ; Flourished copperplate : minuscules and majuscules ; Spencerian : minuscules ; Spencerian : majuscules ; Flourished Spencerian : minuscules and majuscules ; Illumination : design choices ; Illumination : basic techniques -- The projects. Concertina book ; Embossed certificate ; Sonnet ; Embossed panel ; Bookmark ; Wedding invitation ; Poem ; Family tree.
Summary:
"... a carefully structured beginner's course. Learn the basic principles behind a range of alphabets, letter-by-letter and stroke-by-stroke, in a series of focused technique-based tutorials..."--P. [4] of cover.
OCLC Number:
ocn659753445
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