Mastering copperplate calligraphy : a step-by-step manual / Eleanor Winters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winters, Eleanor, author.

Series:

Dover books on lettering, calligraphy and typography

Standardized Title:

Mastering copperplate

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Writing, Copperplate.

Writing, Copperplate--Technique.

Calligraphy--Technique.

Calligraphy.

Physical Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2000.

Summary:

"Developed by English handwriting masters in the 18th century, copperplate calligraphy is admired for its fluidity and beauty. It is the most popular style for social correspondence, invitations, and other communications requiring an elegant hand. In this practical manual, a noted calligraphy teacher offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for the student. Beginning with a brief but fascinating history of copperplate, she moves quickly to an in-depth examination of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation. Each letter is demonstrated stroke by stroke with a clear explanation. Readers will also find detailed discussions of writing in color, using the proper paper, and learning how to retouch, correct, and crop. Ms. Winters then shows how copperplate can be used to write a simple paragraph, a short quotation, or poetry, and explains how to use the script commercially for addressing envelopes and writing name cards and invitations. With this easy-to-follow manual and some practice, calligraphers will be able to create copperplate scripts with the rhythm, grace, and ease of the great writing masters."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Historical background

Before you begin

The minuscule alphabet

The capital letters

Numbers and punctuation

Changing the size of the letters

Writing in color

Using good paper

Writing out a page

Commercial calligraphy

Retouching, correcting and cropping.

Notes:

"This Dover edition is an unabridged reprint of Mastering copperplate, first published by Watson-Guptill, Inc., New York in 1989"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 190) and index.

ISBN:

0486409511

9780486409511

OCLC:

43641121

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