Product Description
In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In this book, Margaret Shepherd, America's premier calligrapher, shows you that calligraphy is not simply a craft you can learn, but an elegant art form that you can make your own.
Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. Whether it is Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Bookhand, or Italic style, calligraphy conveys class and elegance. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will:
* Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles.
* Give detailed technical advice on choosing pens, paper, and inks, setting up your workspace, mastering various pen angles, along with step-by-step illustrations to guide you as you practice.
* Explain which alphabets are appropriate for different forms of writing. For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication.
* Encourage you to personalize your lettering by using variant strokes and interpreting how you would like the words to look on the page.
* Inspire you with carefully chosen illustrations and examples, which bring letters to life.
In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "Calligraphy trains not only your eye and hand, but your mind as well." Learn Calligraphy is the authoritative primer for this age-old craft, and will help develop a new appreciation for lettering as you discover your creative personality.
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In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In this book, Margaret Shepherd, America's premier calligrapher, shows you that calligraphy is not simply a craft you can learn, but an elegant art form that you can make your own.
Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. Whether it is Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Bookhand, or Italic style, calligraphy conveys class and elegance. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will:
* Provide context for calligraphy as an art, exploring the rich tradition of hand-lettering and mapping the evolution of the most popular styles.
* Give detailed technical advice on choosing pens, paper, and inks, setting up your workspace, mastering various pen angles, along with step-by-step illustrations to guide you as you practice.
* Explain which alphabets are appropriate for different forms of writing. For example, the Roman alphabet works well for short, unpunctuated passages, while the Italic alphabet is more suited to informal everyday communication.
* Encourage you to personalize your lettering by using variant strokes and interpreting how you would like the words to look on the page.
* Inspire you with carefully chosen illustrations and examples, which bring letters to life.
In Margaret Shepherd's own words, "Calligraphy trains not only your eye and hand, but your mind as well." Learn Calligraphy is the authoritative primer for this age-old craft, and will help develop a new appreciation for lettering as you discover your creative personality.
0 有用 一瓶子蕨 2016-01-16 18:34:55
She lives in Boston.
0 有用 cœur 2012-08-09 01:45:40
一个没hold住 卓越就下单了
0 有用 #Nani?monai 2017-03-28 11:37:58
如果让失眠患儿来推荐一本calligraphy英文的教程那还是这本吧。相比AOC(中文有引进《西文书法的艺术》)更利实操,知识更少,细节更丰富。不过连排印都用italic手写体,读起来有点累就是了。。。
1 有用 Pandora@Random 2015-08-04 10:59:41
活泼生动的英文书写书。有许多古老的字体的解答增长冷知识。:)
0 有用 君迁子 2015-07-27 13:33:56
English Calligraphy 兼具历史梳理与书法练习、艺术创作的指导意见,插画生动活泼,作为了解英文平尖的字体的科普读物很有用。Copperplate之后的字体就不能参考了~
0 有用 瑴 2024-03-24 22:13:03 上海
很早以前讀過的第一本西文書法書,文風和小插圖挺有趣的,内容也實用。
0 有用 三十岁还智能犯 2022-07-02 13:56:30
高中和大学早期喜欢那些字体,买来看过
0 有用 #Nani?monai 2017-03-28 11:37:58
如果让失眠患儿来推荐一本calligraphy英文的教程那还是这本吧。相比AOC(中文有引进《西文书法的艺术》)更利实操,知识更少,细节更丰富。不过连排印都用italic手写体,读起来有点累就是了。。。
0 有用 陈皮话梅小丸子 2016-07-24 18:21:21
比之前读的那本实用~
0 有用 一瓶子蕨 2016-01-16 18:34:55
She lives in Boston.