Calligraphic

Masters of penmanship in the past advertised their copperplate skills by shaping their calligraphy and flourishes into elaborate pictorial designs. Now the art of the flourish is back. Calligraphic Drawing, written and illustrated by Schin Loong, is a hands-on guide to modern penmanship art, ranging from animals to people, to fantasy subjects and works that combine pictures with writing. The text and how-tos move from the simplest to the most challenging designs, with steps to take you through them and examples to inspire you…

Blending the old and the new… the elegance of eighteenth-century pen flourishing, replete with elaborate swirls and curlicues, and the precision of modern graphic design, boasting clean lines free of feathering, blotting, and other irregularities… in this spirit, artist Kiyoshi Takahashi offers this collection of 850 original calligraphic ornaments.

Provides instructions and exercises for learning the formal calligraphic mode and the functional everyday cursive mode of the early Renaissance handwriting style, combining beauty, legibility, and speed.

Discover everything you need to know about historic flourished hands and how to create elegant, modern artwork inspired by traditional calligraphy techniques in this follow-up to the first and best-selling lettering book in Walter Foster's Creative…and Beyond series.

Discover everything you need to know about historic flourished hands and how to create elegant, modern artwork inspired by traditional calligraphy techniques in this follow-up to the first and best-selling lettering book in Walter Foster's Creative…and Beyond series.

Become a master in Digital Calligraphy using Adobe Illustrator

From basic strokes to beautiful script: Learn Arabic calligraphy Diwani script step-by-step, no experience needed.

From basic strokes to beautiful script: Learn Arabic calligraphy Diwani script step-by-step, no experience needed.