Dad of Divas' Reviews: Book Review - The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Book Review - The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy

The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy



About the Book
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 Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy
 

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.
The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy


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.


My Take on the Book
This was a very thorough book that explores so many different ways of lettering things that you want to keep for yourself or share with others. Both of my girls are talented with art but have never really explored this facet of art, so this book was a great primer on a new art form and they really appreciated all of the great information that was shared in the book. The book walks you through step-by-step on the different types of lettering and even talks about tools needed as well. This is a great book for anyone that is either first starting out or is in need of a refresher, and the images through the book are wonderful to follow along with too!

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