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Calligraphy For Dummies by Jim Bennett (that's me!)
covers everything you need to know about pens, inks, materials, and how to use them. It shows you in detail how to do all the basic alphabets (including Copperlate, which is not included in other basic texts). It also shows you how to do a number of calligraphy projects from addressing an envelope to lettering a quotation to designing a poster. This book
which I wrote and illustrated, is a complete calligraphy course. I recommend it to all my students from beginning to more adavanced. I believe my book is the most comprehensive book on calligraphy in print today!
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Learning Calligraphy by Margaret Shepherd
is really a beginner's textbook. It covers most of the basics. This book
is a lot of fun and I recommend it for anyone who is just beginning.
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The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris. This
beautifully designed book is the most thorough work on calligraphy I've
ever seen. Shows alphabets, techniques, history, and projects. The photos
showing how-to are the best. If you're going to get just one book, make
it this one!
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The Italic Way to Beautiful Handwriting by
Fred Eager. This is a workbook which teaches the Italic alphabet from basic
forms all the way through embellishments. Excellent! I highly recommend
this one for everybody!
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Using Calligraphy by Margaret Shepherd. This
book is a continuation of "Learning Calligraphy." It is a beginner's
book which shows how to do a variety of projects. If you like Margaret's
Shepherd's approach, you will enjoy this book a whole lot.
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Lettering Tips by Bill Gray. Written by a
commercial artist, this book is full of great tips for commercial lettering.
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Left-Handed Calligraphy by Vance Studley.
Absolutely the best book on this subject available! Some great alphabets
too!
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Writing & Illuminating& Lettering
by Edward Johnston. This is "the" classic reference book written
by the "father of modern calligraphy." A "must" for
any serious calligrapher.
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Calligraphy for the Beginner by Tom Gourdie.
The title says it all. This is a no-frills, how-to book on essental calligraphic
alphabets.
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Pen Lettering by Ann Camp. This is one of
my personal favorites. It is for beginners and is easy to understand. The
alphabets are excellent.
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Calligraphy Tips by Bill Gray. A commercial
artist's approach to calligraphy. This is really an extremely helpful book
that is just full of tricks and tips. I love it!
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Calligraphy: From Beginner to Expert (An Usborne
kit - comes with 3 pens) The title is misleading; it is really an easy
book for beginners, and it is not too bad. This kit offers a quick and
cheap way for a beginner to get started. For that reason, I include it
on my list.
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Calligraphy Projects (Another Usborne book)
This book has 14 easy projects from embossing notepaper to T-shirts. It
is an inexpensive and fun book which will help the beginner or the young
person to find ways to use calligraphy.
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