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This beautiful and inspirational book teaches adults and older children the skills needed to write calligraphically -- elegantly, decoratively and flamboyantly -- in a range of modern and traditional styles, suitable for every greeting card and scraPaperbackooking purpose, as well as for other projects.Practical

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This beautiful and inspirational book teaches adults and older children the skills needed to write calligraphically -- elegantly, decoratively and flamboyantly -- in a range of modern and traditional styles, suitable for every greeting card and scraPaperbackooking purpose, as well as for other projects.Practical information is given on creating pleasing layouts for wording and pages, adding written inserts into cards and attaching lettering written on separate layers of paper and card. Embossing, rubbings, printing with carved erasers, linocut lettering and other techniques for creative lettering are also explained. Creative ideas for addressing envelopes are provided and, for occasions when cards need to be produced and sent in quantity, techniques to aid 'mass production' are explained. The book is fully illustrated with diagrams, annotated alphabets and photographs of finished works and stages in their creation.

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Imprint: East Sussex, Eng. : - Guild of Master Craftsman Pubns ltd

Pages: 175

ISBN: 9781861088826, 1861088825

Language: English

Notes: Basics. Everyday tools and equipment ; Letters we rely on ; A place for our calligraphy ; Choosing and using a pen -- About lettering. The alphabets ; Using your calligraphy ; Layout and design -- Simple ways to make letters special. Creative letters ; Creative backgrounds -- Extra ideas for advancing calligraphers. Gold and silver ink and paint ; Drawn and painted capitals ; Printing -- Mass-producing cards. Adding words on inserts ; Envelope design for cards and scrapbook pages -- Gallery.
Includes index.

Statement of responsibility: Peter E. Taylor

Characteristics: 175 p. :,ill. ;,28 cm.

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