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The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy : A Manual and Model Book of the Pointed Pen Method

Gordon Turner

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The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy : A Manual and Model Book of the Pointed Pen Method

by Gordon Turner
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Elegant calligraphic style for beginners and experts.

This book provides detailed instructions and sample letters in roundhand to learn the elegant and popular copperplate calligraphy. It includes suggestions on tool selection and care, helping beginners and experts alike master this distinctive style. Users will appreciate the step-by-step instructions, allowing them to achieve proficiency in writing in copperplate calligraphy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy : A Manual and Model Book of the Pointed Pen Method

by Gordon Turner
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ISBN: 9780486255125
Author: Gordon Turner
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date of Publication: 1987-12-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, Creative Nonfiction
Related Topics: Art Books Monographs, Crafts, Design, Drawing, Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction, Essays
Goodreads rating: 4.17
(rated by 12 readers)

Description

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 copperplate.You'll find detailed step-by-step instructions for executing the straight stroke, variations on the straight stroke (heavy strokes, hairline), curved stroke, push stroke, shading, ligatures, and other components of the style. Mastery of these strokes will in turn enable you to form lowercase letters and variations, capitals, alternate forms of capitals, numerals, and more.The author has provided numerous sample letters in both upper and lower case, alphabet sentences, and two short compositions for use in learning to draw the letters properly. Also included are helpful suggestions on selection and care of a calligrapher's inks, nibs, paper—even how to make your own pens.A model book as well as an instruction book, The Technique of Copperplate Calligraphy is completely written in roundhand. By carefully studying its elegant script and practicing the formation of letters according to the author's expert advice, even beginning calligraphers can achieve mastery of the influential and distinctive copperplate style.
 

Elegant calligraphic style for beginners and experts.

This book provides detailed instructions and sample letters in roundhand to learn the elegant and popular copperplate calligraphy. It includes suggestions on tool selection and care, helping beginners and experts alike master this distinctive style. Users will appreciate the step-by-step instructions, allowing them to achieve proficiency in writing in copperplate calligraphy.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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