Calligraphy Workbook

[Roseofsharon]

After many years I have decided to going back to practicing my calligraphy. The thing is that I have lost the original book which I learnt from originally. I was wondering if maybe someone could suggest a low priced, but good quality workbook for me so I can get going again.

 

Thanks

[Tasmith]

Margaret Shepherd's, Learn Calligraphy. Excellent!

 

http://margaretshepherd.com/bk_learn.html

Edited March 27, 2015 by Tasmith

[Maurizio]

Please take a look at Calligraphy in 10 Easy Lessons by Eleanor Winters. It's clear and straightforward; and the explanation of the letterforms are easy to follow.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Maurizio

[mislav]

Calligraphy for Dummies by Jim Bennett is good start point. It cost around $16 on Amazon.

[Maurizio]

Margaret Shepherd's, Learn Calligraphy. Excellent!

 

http://margaretshepherd.com/bk_learn.html

Sorry to go a bit off topic. Could someone please explain to me how I can put text in italics? Thanks!

[Roseofsharon]

to put text into italics put [/i] at the end of the text and in front of the text

[Frank C]

Sorry to go a bit off topic. Could someone please explain to me how I can put text in italics? Thanks!

 

When I go to post on a topic, a box comes up with various options for "Font", "Size", etc. Below those are symbols for for "Bold", "Italic", "Underline", "Strikethrough", etc.

 

Just highlight the passage you want to italicize and click the italic button.

 

An alternative—on my mac—is the hit the "command" key and the letter "I" to start typing in italics, like this. Then one has to type "command" and "I" again, to go back to regular type, like this. On a PC, I believe, the option key will have the same effect. Hope this helps.

 

(Edited to add a " —I'd put it in quotation marks, but that would confuse me!)

Edited March 27, 2015 by Frank C

[Frank C]

I almost forgot, I like Margaret Shepard's Learn Calligraphy book, too. I took a calligraphy course years ago and it was required reading.

 

Of course, the not-so-secret thing is to practice, practice, practice.

[Maurizio]

Thanks to all for your help. I think Roseofsharon has it for me because I usually use an ipad to log on to the FPN. I don't get those nifty buttons when I make a post, but next time I need italics I'm goin to try to put the i in front and the /i in back.

 

Thanks; it works!

Edited March 27, 2015 by Maurizio