Product Description: Unleash your creativity with this book that encourages readers to explore new ideas, nurture originality, and create unique forms of lettering. You’ll find:32 pages of instructions, and another 96 pages of alphabet samples for practicePointers on techniques and the use of colorTips on materials and a discussion of fontsHigh-quality paper that yields excellent resultsFans of drawing, painting, and printing will thoroughly enjoy this step-by-step guide to hand drawn lettering...read more

An alphabet book from anemone to zucchini and more, depicting a baby and a child beside their respective forms of the letter as lowercase or capital.

Designers often look to the past for ways to enliven their projects. Letters with relief and shadow have long been an effective way to add spectacle or intrigue to otherwise mundane words. Introduced in metal type as early as 1815, shadow typefaces were a form of early experimentation among type founders. In the late nineteenth century, the form was adopted in wood type for use in posters and has been embraced ever since by designers looking for ways to communicate a sense of monumentality, a feeling of confidence, or a simple impression of optimism. Shadow Type presents a broad spectrum of examples—advertising, shop signs, billboards, posters, type-specimen books—featuring the most popular, rare, and (nearly) forgotten dimensional letters from Europe and the United States. Compiled by the leading historian of graphic design Steven Heller and renowned graphic designer Louise Fili, this invaluable collection, packed full of typographic ideas, will inspire anyone aiming to give more depth to their design.

Product Description: Dana Tanamachi, the Brooklyn-based typographer whose exquisite hand-lettered murals fueled a chalk-writing trend, offers 3 sets of alphabet stencils for all-purpose craft projects.Inspired by the contemporary aesthetic of rendering type by hand, celebrated designer Dana Tanamachi shares 3 sets of alphabet stencils (two large (9cm x 15cm) and 1 small (7cm x 5cm), all upper case) to create wall compositions, monogram t-shirts and jackets, personalize journals and school supplies, embroider pillows, and host parties filled with customized cakes and banners...read more

Product Description: There are many ways to make your writing feel more personal, but none carries the charge of using a custom-drawn font. Draw Your Own Alphabets is a fun, hands-on workbook that teaches how to create funky hand-lettered fonts sure to jump off the page, poster, or screen...read more

Product Description: The über–popular craft of knitting meets the typography trend for the first time! Knitted Letters presents intarsia charts for 10 key font families—including roman, sans serif, italic, and poster—and outlines how to incorporate the letters into 30 stylish, infinitely customizable projects...read more

Product Description: One of the most highly recommend instructional books for broad-edged calligraphy, this handbook is ideal for classes or self-study to master the basics of calligraphy. All of the essentials are included in this volume, from the history and practices of this ancient art to a guide to the tools, materials, and design basics needed to create elegant, beautiful writing for all occasions...read more

Product Description: No fancy computer typeface can ever replace the subtle artistry and personalized expressiveness of calligraphic handwriting. And here's the proof: a beautifully designed, easy-to-understand guidebook that takes the reader from the basic pen-strokes of traditional hands such as Uncial and Italic to the proud completion of 15 breathtaking projects...read more

An introduction to formal calligraphy that explains the actions in the stages of learning to use the pen, from the making of letters to spacing words, planning and designing a page, and from there to planning a book. This book is useful for those who wish to become proficient in the craft of pen lettering.

Provides step-by-step instructions for creating lettering styles to decorate door plaques, birthday cards, posters, and bookmarks, and offers tips on buying supplies and applying proper techniques.

Describes how to form various lettering styles, and suggests projects such as banners, invitations, report covers, and posters

Product Description: Now you can decorate your crafts withwords written in just the right style.Filled with creative designs for everyletter of the alphabet, this book willhelp you turn any card, door hanger,scrapbook, frame, and more into anindividual work of art!

Product Description: Adding letters, words and sayings to your crafts has never been easier!No matter what your handwriting, you can add messages, monograms and sayings to your craft projects with the help of Creative Craft Lettering Made Easy. You'll learn easy crafting techniques for using stencils, decoupage medium, rubber stamps and scrapbook embellishments to give any project your own personal touch...read more