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Arrighi's Running Hand
A leading American calligrapher uses a facsimile and translation of Arrighi's seminal work as the basis for a beginning text in Chancery cursive script
The Complete Calligrapher
Noted expert presents calligraphy as a rich, complex discipline combining lettering and design. Analysis of wide variety of lettering styles, setting up a studio, more. 160 black-and-white illustrations. 8 color plates.
Women and the Circulation of Texts in Renaissance Italy
The first comprehensive guide to women's promotion and use of textual culture, in manuscript and print, in Renaissance Italy.
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography
Latin books are among the most numerous surviving artifacts of the Late Antique, Mediaeval, and Renaissance periods in European history; written in a variety of formats and scripts, they preserve the literary, philosophical, scientific, and religious heritage of the West. The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography surveys these books, with special emphasis on the variety of scripts in which they were written. Palaeography, in the strictest sense, examines how the changing styles of script and the fluctuating shapes of individual letters allow the date and the place of production of books to be determined. More broadly conceived, palaeography examines the totality of early book production, own...
Anatomy of a Typeface
"To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and how they have evolved remains one of passionate and continuing concern. Lawson explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but containing exhaustive research, drawings and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to the library of anyone s typographic library. It is, as ...
Alphabets Old and New - For the Use of Craftsmen with an Introductory Essay on 'Art in the Alphabet'
Originally published in 1910. The book was designed for use by craftsmen and artists and the extremely well illustrated contents include: A Descriptive List of Illustrations - Old Alphabets Arranged in Order of Date - Modern Alphabets Showing the Character Which Comes of Using Pen, Chisel etc, - Modern Alphabets using Other Implements - Amperzands and Numerals - Index of Illustrations, Artists, Countries, Materials, Processes and Styles. Etc. Many of the earliest books on art, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
