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Calligraphic lettering with wide pen & brush / Ralph Douglass.

By: Douglass, Ralph.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Watson-Guptill, 1967, 1974 printingEdition: 3rd ed., rev. & enl.Description: 111 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0823005518.Subject(s): LetteringDDC classification: 745.61
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 745.61 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00056416
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Calligraphy can make a plain wedding invitation into a work of art; put a unique and beautiful label on a gift or article of clothing; or add a graceful, personal touch to even the simplest correspondence. People who are serious about calligraphy have turned to this resource since 1949 to make this intricate art easy to understand and effortless to perform. Filled with step-by-step lessons and creative exercises, this guide is a classic text on a timeless art. Readers will practice the various calligraphic alphabets (such as roman, italic, and script), brush lettering, designed letters and type. and much more through a whole host of uncomplicated techniques and methods that should benefit all students of calligraphy - whether a fine artist, an on-the-job craftsperson, or an everyday enthusiast. Readers will also find examples taken from all periods of art history, and detailed explanations of the various tools and materials people need to practice calligraphy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Library Journal Review

Douglass's contribution to the elegant art of calligraphy is meant to be "a sound elementary introduction...for the casual letterer" and "the beginning calligrapher." The book hits its rather modest mark, covering the Roman alphabet, Italic, script, and other historic forms. It was originally published in 1949, and substantial revisions appear to have ended in 1967. The bibliography ends with that date, and the book misses recent innovations in color and design. Winters and Lico's Calligraphy in Ten Easy Lessons was originally published in 1986, but its revisions do take on calligraphy's most recent concepts and sources. The book covers only basic italic hand but does so thoroughly. It is highly recommended as an inexpensive beginner's manual. For a more advanced treatment, see David Harris's The Art of Calligraphy: A Practical Guide to the Skills and Techniques. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.