How to Do Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering: the Complete Guide for Beginners

From magazine covers to subway advertisements, restaurant boards to movie posters, hand drawn lettering has truly seeped into the fabric of popular culture. One of the reasons hand lettering is so popular is that it marries words with a more visual way to represent ideas.

This book will teach you: -An introduction to what calligraphy is all about and its history -Insight on some modern tools and techniques used in calligraphy and some artwork by calligraphy...
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From magazine covers to subway advertisements, restaurant boards to movie posters, hand drawn lettering has truly seeped into the fabric of popular culture. One of the reasons hand lettering is so popular is that it marries words with a more visual way to represent ideas.

This book will teach you:
-An introduction to what calligraphy is all about and its history
-Insight on some modern tools and techniques used in calligraphy and some artwork by calligraphy pros
-10 tips to help you plan your invitations and the connection between growing monograms and calligraphy
-Everything you need to know about hand lettering and how you can start with hand lettering
-The fundamentals of contemporary hand lettering
-The hand lettering terminology and how to embrace your inner amateur
-The difference between hand lettering and calligraphy
-How to write calligraphy well with illustrations to help you practice and understand better
-How to compose in calligraphy, including the ins and outs of abstract art
-Steps that you can follow to successfully write calligraphy
-How to trace modern calligraphy, including the type faces and how to do it
-Modern examples of monospaced fonts, carrier and Monaco
-And much more!