Calligraphy is a type of visual art. It is often called the art of fancy lettering. A style of writing is described as a script, hand or alphabet.

Modern calligraphy ranges from functional hand-lettered inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where the abstract expression of the handwritten mark may or may not compromise the legibility of the letters. Classical calligraphy differs from typography and non-classical hand-lettering, though a calligrapher may create all of these; characters are historically disciplined yet fluid and spontaneous, improvised at the moment of writing.

Western calligraphy has some special features, such as the illumination of the first letter of each book or chapter in medieval times. A decorative "carpet page" may precede the literature, filled with ornate, geometrical depictions of bold-hued animals. This wonderful library of twenty-seven {27} vintage texts provides a vast learning experience, with hundreds of examples of textural graphics which you may copy to practice the fine art of lettering. (Summary from Wikipedia)

You will receive the following books:

:: A few suggestions of plain letterings for artists and others (1908)

:: A new book of cyphers, more compleat & regular than any ever publish'd. Consisting of 600 cyphers (1750)

:: A system of easy lettering (1890)

:: A text-book of free-hand lettering (1909)

:: A text-book on plain lettering (1901)

:: Alphabets old and new, for the use of craftsmen (1898)

:: Draughtsman's Alphabets (1877)

:: Free-hand lettering (1906)

:: Hand lettering (1912)

:: Industrial Monograms (1881)

:: Lettering (1916)

:: Lettering for commercial purposes (1918)

:: Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students (1913)

:: Lettering for draftsmen, engineers and students (1896)

:: Lettering in ornament (1902)

:: Letters & lettering a treatise with 200 examples (1902)

:: L'Ornamentazione - G Vendrame (1923)

:: Modern show card lettering, designs and advertising phases (1906)

:: Monograms & ciphers (1906)

:: Pantographia Containing Accurate Copies of all the Known Alphabets in the World (1799)

:: Student's alphabets (1907)

:: Textbook on show-card writing - show-card design and leter formation (1903)

:: The book of ornamental alphabets (1914)

:: The essentials of lettering; a manual for students and designers (1912)

:: The hand book of mediaeval alphabets and devices (1856)

:: Writing & illuminating & lettering (1906)

:: Writing & illuminating, & lettering (1917)

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