Stackpole Books Calligraphy: A Complete Guide

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I purchased this based on excellent reviews by others and I am blown away by the quality of this volume. Hard to describe and do it justice as a stunning reference book. Covers everything and then some. History, ductus, wonderful exemplars, new techniques, illumination, design and more. This is a treasure for any serious calligrapher's library. A treasure of calligraphic expression! I ain't ever lending this one out.....

I am sooo in love with my book! I learned so much from Julien, It has a lot more than what I expected..a lot of history, context, techniques and details. Everything you need to know! Highly recommend:)

１０冊持っているカリグラフィーのガイドブックのうち、最もよく使用しているお気に入り本。 各書体について適切な道具選びと基本ストローク（点と直線と曲線）の出しかたとセリフのまとめがあるので、書体の特徴把握が簡単です。しかも古代から現代まで時代順に並んでいるのでローマ字のデザインを歴史的視点から網羅できます。 全文英語表記なのと当たり前すぎることは記述がないので、入門者には使いこなせないだろうし、初心者には意味がわからないことが多いかもしれません。ある程度の経験者、２冊目以降の方にはおすすめ、３冊目にはぜひ持っていてもらいたい１品です。

In my moderately large Calligraphy library this is one book that certainly stands out. The author is quite thorough, showing many scripts, some of which I'd never been exposed to before. He gives a short history of the origins of the script before showing you the upper and lower case letters, using the arrow method to show the order of stroke placement. I don't always agree with how other author's create letters and their particular arrow placement, this author doesn't use as many arrows as some others do which is a relief. Much of that is intuitive as you do more and more practice, you can see which stroke goes first ect. Each letter in the hand is grouped with other like letters. I've been having fun creating various letters in scripts I haven't been exposed to in the past. I love the section on Whimsical lettering. My Calligraphy skills have definitely increased since using this comprehensive book, something I can't say about other books in my library. Using this book has made Calligraphy more fun as I move away from my usual Italic to try other new and more complex hands. It's very easy to read, different scripts are grouped together, and the Calligraphy history that begins the book, and is seen throughout, is a great foundation of this beautiful art form. I'm only sorry I didn't know about this great book, and thus didn't add it to my library sooner.