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9780486409511

Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy A Step-by-Step Manual

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486409511

  • ISBN10:

    0486409511

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-05-08
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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