Written by hand techniques and tips to make your everyday handwriting more beautiful
"Beautify your life by perfecting your handwriting! With step-by-step guides to various lettering styles, examinations of personal writing habits, interesting facts on handwriting and calligraphy, and plenty of practice pages to use in your own hand-lettering practice, Written by Hand is an immersiv...
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New York, NY :
Crestline Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group,
[2020]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Tighe, Erica, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Written by hand : |b techniques and tips to make your everyday handwriting more beautiful / |c Erica Tighe. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Crestline Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, |c [2020] | |
| 300 | |a 160 pages : |b color illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published in 2017 by Rock Point. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographic references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Fun Facts about Handwriting -- Practice Quotes -- Look at Your Own Writing -- Grasp -- Tools -- Basic Terminology & Anatomy of Type -- Practicing the Downstroke -- Spacing -- Sizing -- Types of Lined Paper -- Types of Fonts : Sans Serif ; Bold Serif ; Script -- Faux Calligraphy -- Get Playful! -- Alphabets -- Writing Correspondence -- Mixing Lettering Styles -- Graphic Text -- In Closing -- 50 Writing Prompts -- Dedication & Acknowledgements -- Works Cited. | |
| 520 | |a "Beautify your life by perfecting your handwriting! With step-by-step guides to various lettering styles, examinations of personal writing habits, interesting facts on handwriting and calligraphy, and plenty of practice pages to use in your own hand-lettering practice, Written by Hand is an immersive guide to the handwritten word. With electronic devices taking up so much of our lives, penmanship and handwriting have become lost arts that many feel nostalgic for. Written by Hand shows you how to make the act of handwriting a treat that brings elegance and character to everything from Post-it notes to hand-lettered invitations. Artist and hand letterer Erica Tighe walks you through the anatomy of each letter of the alphabet for several different fonts and the proper tools needed to write beautifully. You'll learn: The proper way to hold a writing utensil ; Basic terminology and the anatomy of type ; Sans serif, bold serif, script, and faux calligraphy alphabet styles, letter by letter ; How to mix lettering styles ; How to create graphic text using banners, shadows, and shapes. In no time, you'll be loving every stroke of the pen and adding grace and personality to your everyday life." -- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Penmanship, English |x Technique. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Penmanship |x Technique. | |
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