Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Manual (Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography)

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Author: Eleanor Winters

Pages: 192

Size: 979,82 Kb

Publication Date: May 8,2000

Category: Calligraphy



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Produced by English handwriting masters in the 18th hundred years, copperplate calligraphy is definitely admired because of its fluidity and beauty. It really is the most famous style for sociable correspondence, invitations, and various other communications requiring a stylish hand. Ms. You start with a short but fascinating background of copperplate, she movements quickly to an in-depth study of the alphabet, quantities, and punctuation. With this easy-to-follow manual plus some practice, calligraphers can make copperplate scripts with the rhythm, grace, and simple the great composing masters.
Readers may also find comprehensive discussions of composing in color, using the correct paper, and learning how exactly to retouch, right, and crop.
In this useful manual, a observed calligraphy teacher offers a thorough, step-by-step guidebook for the college student. Winters then displays how copperplate may be used to create a simple paragraph, a brief quotation, or poetry, and explains how exactly to utilize the script commercially for addressing envelopes and composing name cards and invitations. Each letter is certainly demonstrated stroke by stroke with a very clear explanation.


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