Art Nouveau Display Alphabets: 100 Complete Fonts by Dan X. Solo
$17.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
100 complete fonts from Solo-type Typographers Catalog. This book provides one hundred sets of capital letters, seventy-five lower-case sets, ninety sets of numbers and special symbols, and twenty ornamental designs.
Arthur Baker's Historic Calligraphic Alphabets by Arthur Baker
$16.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
Calligrapher's Handbook by Heather Child (ed.)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Series: Calligraphy Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This collection of 18 authoritative articles details information on various methods and practices, including formal scripts, quill preparation, parchment and manuscript binding. Includes explanatory line drawings, alphabets, and some 50 reproductions of work by contemporary calligraphers and binders. ...Show more
Calligraphy - The Rhythm of Writing by Satwinder Sehmi
$27.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design
Introduces would-be calligraphers to basic concepts of understanding form. Use of tracing paper overlays helps to show how letters are composed, and colour throughout emphasizes their painterly properties. Includes sections on the history of calligraphy, and writing tools and paper qualities.
Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction by George Bain
$45.00 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: Good
Unabridged republication of the original (1951) edition, this unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. The construction principles of Celtic art were re-di ...Show more
Illuminated Manuscripts by D M Gill
$17.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
Illuminated manuscripts are among the worlds greatest artistic masterpieces. Many of them survive, allowing us to appreciate their radiance and the skill of the men who created them. This fascinating and evocative book examines the exquisite decorative techniques which captured some of the most importan ...Show more
Practical Calligraphy: Techniques and Materials by Mike Darton
$16.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
This beautifully illustrated, practical guide to calligraphy will enable anyone interested in the art to create beautiful letters. Includes a history of calligraphy, guide to tools, and in-depth instruction on technique as well as sections on layout, design, decoration and ornamentation.
Scribes and Illuminators by Christopher de Hamel
$45.00 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Series: Medieval Craftsmen Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully preserved, enabling us to appreciate the skilled design and craftsmanship of the people who created them. Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, pa ...Show more
The Ken Brown Calligraphy Handbook by Ken Brown
$17.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
The Ken Brown Calligraphy Handbook is a unique approach for beginners to learn the art of calligraphy with a broad-edged pen. In this revised edition there are more detailed instructions and photographs for you to equip yourself to learn elegant penmanship quite rapidly.
The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy: A Manual and Model Book of the Pointed Pen Method by Gordon Turner
$17.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design | Reading Level: very good
Copperplate, a calligraphic style popular in England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, remains one of the most elegant and popular styles among calligraphers. This volume is a complete manual on the technique of writing with the pointed pen in roundhand, which is the American version of coppe ...Show more
Yours Truly, King Arthur: How Medieval People wrote...and How You Can, Too! by Marc Drogin
$37.50 NZD
Category: Calligraphy & Printing & Design
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