Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy A

Admired for its beauty, grace and fluidity, copperplate calligraphy is perhaps the most popular writing style for social correspondence. This practical guide teaches students to handle the alphabet, numbers and punctuation, color and paper; how to write simple paragraphs, quotations, poems, cards, invitations and more. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Index.

Introduction

8

(3)

Part One Historical Background

11

(8)

Part Two Learning Copperplate

19

(116)

Before You Begin

20

(16)

The Minuscule Alphabet

36

(44)

The Capital Letters

80

(36)

Numbers and Punctuation

116

(10)

Changing the Size of the Letters

126

(9)

Part Three Using Copperplate

135

(55)

Writing in Color

136

(4)

Using Good Paper

140

(4)

Writing Out A Page

144

(18)

Commercial Calligraphy

162

(18)

Retouching, Correcting and Cropping

180

(10)

Bibliography

190

(1)

Index

191

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Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy A Step-by-Step Manual

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