The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy
The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Letterers and Calligraphers
Published on 14. June 2018
192 pages
978-1-63159-485-4 (ISBN)
Description
Written by best-selling author and hand letterer Abbey Sy, The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy covers the basics and beyond for creative lettering techniques.
The book begins with an overview of tools and materials, both traditional (pointed pen and fountain pen) and modern (including brush markers and chalk), then presents a visual glossary of letterforms, highlights the unique characteristics of the featured alphabets, and demonstrates how to draw letterforms to foster an understanding of how they're created. The core chapters explore traditional, modern, and special effects lettering using a variety of mark-making tools, with in-depth how-to on adding flourishes and other special details, plus creative projects. There's also an introduction to modifying and creating letterforms digitally, as well as practice sheets for the featured alphabets.
So whether you've never tried lettering before or you'd like to develop your skills and consider all your creative options, The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy will guide and inspire you on your lettering journey.
The book begins with an overview of tools and materials, both traditional (pointed pen and fountain pen) and modern (including brush markers and chalk), then presents a visual glossary of letterforms, highlights the unique characteristics of the featured alphabets, and demonstrates how to draw letterforms to foster an understanding of how they're created. The core chapters explore traditional, modern, and special effects lettering using a variety of mark-making tools, with in-depth how-to on adding flourishes and other special details, plus creative projects. There's also an introduction to modifying and creating letterforms digitally, as well as practice sheets for the featured alphabets.
So whether you've never tried lettering before or you'd like to develop your skills and consider all your creative options, The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy will guide and inspire you on your lettering journey.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
300 color photos
File size
37,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-63159-485-4 (9781631594854)
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Abbey Sy
The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy
The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Letterers and Calligraphers
Book
06/2018
Creative Publishing International, US
€25.50
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Person
Abbey Sy is an artist, author, and designer who loves art and traveling extensively as part of her inspiration-hunting process. She loves documenting her trips through her travel journals, frequently posting her colorful and imaginative journal pages on Instagram. Her curiosity for the world keeps her on her feet, whether it's studying abroad, taking up an art residency, or traveling for vacation. She is constantly restless and looking forward to the next adventure, and her mantra is Always Be Creating.
Her passion for hand lettering and design is inspired by retro advertising, desaturated hues, and vintage labels. She is the author of The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy (Quarry), Hand Lettering A to Z (Rockport Publishers), and Hand Lettering A to Z Workbook (Rockport Publishers). Abbey is also the founder and creative director of ABC Magazine, a publication for artists, crafters, and makers. Her popular social media platforms include three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel. She produces her own merchandise and teaches art and hand lettering classes. Abbey lives in Berlin, Germany.
Instagram: @abbeysy, @alwaysbecreating.art, @shopabbeysy
YouTube: Abbey Sy
Website: abbey-sy.com
Her passion for hand lettering and design is inspired by retro advertising, desaturated hues, and vintage labels. She is the author of The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy (Quarry), Hand Lettering A to Z (Rockport Publishers), and Hand Lettering A to Z Workbook (Rockport Publishers). Abbey is also the founder and creative director of ABC Magazine, a publication for artists, crafters, and makers. Her popular social media platforms include three Instagram accounts and a YouTube channel. She produces her own merchandise and teaches art and hand lettering classes. Abbey lives in Berlin, Germany.
Instagram: @abbeysy, @alwaysbecreating.art, @shopabbeysy
YouTube: Abbey Sy
Website: abbey-sy.com
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- How to Use This Book
- 1 Tools and Materials
- Traditional Tools
- Modern Tools
- Digital Tools
- Other Tools for Lettering
- Surfaces
- 2 Lettering Primer
- Anatomy Lesson
- Alphabet Characteristics
- Forming Letters
- Adding Weight Lines
- Connecting Letterforms
- 3 Classic Calligraphy
- Using Traditional Tools
- Using Modern Tools
- Italic Calligraphy
- Copperplate
- Spencerian Calligraphy
- Blackletter Calligraphy
- Roman Calligraphy
- Offhand Flourishes
- Project
- 4 Modern Hand Lettering
- Using Traditional Tools
- Using Modern Tools
- Basic Script
- Adding Bounce
- Flourishes
- Flowers and Leaves
- Projects
- 5 Decorative Lettering
- Using Liners
- Serif
- Sans Serif
- Letters and Layouts
- Creating Illustrations Within Letterforms
- Projects
- 6 Digital Lettering
- Getting Started
- Tools
- Scanning and Basic Editing
- Drawing Letterforms
- Creating Special Effects
- Adding Dimension
- Projects
- Practice Sheets
- Resources
- Glossary
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- A
- B
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
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