a complete guide to more than 100 essential projects and techniques
Grebenstein, Maryanne
2012
A guide to more than one hundred essential calligraphy projects and techniques, providing a detailed guide to materials, tools, and setting up a workspace, and including an alphabet workbook for practicing all the book's letterforms.
Presents an introduction to the basic techniques of writing calligraphy, describing the tools and the Italic, Blackletter, and Roman alphabets, and containing instructions on how to create documents, invitations, certificates, and other projects.
Presents information on the traditional art of illumination, offering an overview of the history of illuminated manuscripts, a discussion of the techniques and materials used in creating the elaborate, decorated letters, and step-by-step instructions for re-creating twelve illuminated letters from five historical periods.
