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 imm...

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Main Author: Tighe, Erica (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Crestline Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.