Looking for the best Calligraphy books? Browse our list to find excellent book recommendations on the subject.
1. Lettering and Modern Calligraphy: A Beginner’s Guide: Learn Hand Lettering and Brush Lettering (2017)
Learn to letter and create beautiful designs with this beginner’s guide and workbook! Every page is filled with tips, tricks encouragement and practice space to kickstart your lettering journey! Learn 5 different alphabet styles, upper and lower case letters, practice connections and dive into design and composition with this beautiful lettering book. At the end of this book, there are also 15 beautiful lettering projects to help you bring together your knowledge and skill and help you begin to create beautiful works of art! You can do this!! Let us teach you how to upgrade your…
2. Hand Lettering for Relaxation: An Inspirational Workbook for Creating Beautiful Lettered Art (2017)
Hand Lettering for Relaxation is the perfect way to cultivate calmness and joy while creating beautiful works of art. While hand lettering can look intimidating, artist and blogger Amy Latta has a friendly and down-to-earth approach that will give you the confidence to draw impressive designs with ease. Learn how to create a lovely brush-lettered look with easy, no-fail faux calligraphy. Then add pretty embellishments such as vines, roses, banners, ribbons, swirls and feathers that take your designs to the next level. You’ll also get a beginner’s guide to real brush lettering,…
3. Copperplate Calligraphy from A to Z: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Mastering Elegant, Pointed-Pen Lettering (2018)
Pointed pen calligraphy doesn’t have to be intimidating! This photo-packed guide breaks down every skill, step and stroke into easy-to-learn techniques. It shows you how to build a solid foundation in drawing beautiful letters as well as ways to add flourishes and embellishments to your personal projects. Nothing is overlooked, including: #7,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #18 in Calligraphy Guides #275 in Crafts & Hobbies (Books) #11 in Pen & Ink Drawing Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?…
4. Calligraphy: A Complete Guide (2013)
Learn and master the beautiful and varied art of Western calligraphy. This lavishly illustrated guide includes all the information you need to get started in calligraphy, as well as techniques for the more advanced artist, including using color, carving lettering in wood and stone, and creating abstract and ornamental calligraphy designs. The 40 alphabets included are drawn from throughout the rich history of Western calligraphy, from elaborate Gothic lettering to the clean lines of modern alphabets. An essential reference for calligraphers of all levels. #86,368 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #74…
5. Learn Calligraphy: The Complete Book of Lettering and Design (2001)
In an age of myriad computer fonts and instant communication, your handwriting style is increasingly a very personal creation. In this book, Margaret Shepherd, America’s premier calligrapher, shows you that calligraphy is not simply a craft you can learn, but an elegant art form that you can make your own. Calligraphy remains perennially popular, often adorning wedding invitations, diplomas, and commercial signs. Whether it is Roman, Gothic, Celtic, Bookhand, or Italic style, calligraphy conveys class and elegance. Margaret Shepherd makes this ancient art form accessible in a completely hand-lettered technical guide that will: * Provide…
6. Mastering Copperplate Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Manual (Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography) (2000)
Developed by English handwriting masters in the 18th century, copperplate calligraphy is admired for its fluidity and beauty. It is the most popular style for social correspondence, invitations, and other communications requiring an elegant hand. In this practical manual, a noted calligraphy teacher offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for the student. Beginning with a brief but fascinating history of copperplate, she moves quickly to an in-depth examination of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation. Each letter is demonstrated stroke by stroke with a clear…
7. The Ultimate Guide to Modern Calligraphy & Hand Lettering for Beginners: Learn to Letter: A Hand Lettering Workbook with Tips, Techniques, Practice Pages, and Projects (2019)
| | Hello there crafty friends of mine! I’m Kristin – mama to the most incredible little human around, graphic designer, hand letterer, and creator of June & Lucy. I love the 4 C’s in my life: cats, coffee, couches, and cooking, and as you can tell from my Instagram captions, I think I am much funnier than I probably am.My goal with this book is to help you avoid the countless months of research, trial and error, and mistakes that I made along the way, by giving you a straight forward, easy to understand explanation of the process behind hand…
8. Super Simple Hand Lettering: 20 Traceable Alphabets, Easy Projects, Practice Sheets & More! (Design Originals) Includes Technique Guides, Skill-Building Exercises, Art Prints, & Vellum Tracing Paper (2018)
Discover how to transform simple words into stunning works of art with this interactive workbook! Drawing beautiful letters by hand may seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! “Kiley in Kentucky” hand lettering expert Kiley Bennett gets you started right away with 20 traceable alphabets. She guides you through five skill-building projects to let you practice drawing each upper and lower case letter. This interactive workbook also provides quality vellum tracing paper, along with four frameable pullout art prints and an inspirational art gallery. Super…
9. Calligraphy Writing Paper: 150 sheet pad, calligraphy practice paper and workbook for lettering artist and lettering for beginners (2018)
Now calligraphers can build their skill by practicing lettering on this artist-grade pad of calligraphy paper. Comfortable to use and ruled for practice, the pad also features a pre-printed grid for slanted lettering. Comes with 150 sheets of quality calligraphy paper. This large paper pad measures 11 inches by 8.5 inches giving plenty of space for intricate lettering. #179,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #147 in Calligraphy Guides #90 in Typography (Books) #51 in Book Design Would you like to ?If you are a seller for this product, would you like to ?…
10. Modern Calligraphy: An Intensive Practice Workbook (2018)
Written by Kestrel Montes, professional calligrapher and founder of inkmethis, Modern Calligraphy: An Intensive Practice Workbook gives new calligraphy students the information they need to be successful in their dip pen calligraphy journey. While the book is designed with the beginner in mind, even advanced calligraphy students will find tips, tricks and techniques that improve their writing. Modern Calligraphy guides the reader through best practicing habits, how to use pointed pen tools, best supplies, ink mixing, a detailed approach to the calligraphic strokes that are used to create letterforms,…
11. Calligraphy & Hand Lettering Notepad: Beginner Practice Workbook & Introduction to Lettering & Calligraphy (Practice Makes Perfect Series) (Volume 1) (2016)
| | This Hand Lettering & Calligraphy Notebook contains four styles of lettering with practice pages to help begin to work on and perfect your strokes. Designed to feature many styles of calligraphy and hand lettering, this book is perfect whether you are an expert or just a beginner. The book is printed on a beautifully designed matte cover and contains 60 pound smooth interior stock perfect for lettering practice. Product Details: #14,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #24 in Calligraphy Guides #3 in Book Design #20 in Pen & Ink Drawing Would you like to ?If you…
12. Studio Series Calligraphy Paper Pad: 50 Sheets (2014)
Aspiring calligraphers can build skill and confidence by practicing their lettering on this artist-grade pad of Calligraphy Paper! Comfortable to use, and ruled for practice, the pad also features a pre-printed grid for slanted lettering. This horizontal pad comes with 50 sheets of calligraphy paper. Quality 140-gsm paper takes pen and calligraphy marker beautifully. Heavyweight paper means no bleed-through. Calligraphy Paper pad measures 11 inches wide by 8-1/2 inches high (27.94 cm by 19.05 cm). #7,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #17 in Calligraphy Guides #10 in Pen & Ink Drawing…
Best Calligraphy Books: The Ultimate List
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Genesis and download some calligraphy books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Creative Lettering and Beyond: Timeless Calligraphy: A collection of traditional calligraphic hands from history and how to write them
Author(s): Laura Lavender
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing, Year: 2019, Size: 19 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2370503
Modern Calligraphy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering the Art of Creativity
Author(s): Lucy Edmonds
Publisher: Orion, Year: 2018, Size: 4 Mb, Download: azw3
ID: 2264939
Copperplate Calligraphy From a to Z: A Step-By-Step Workbook for Mastering Elegant, Pointed-Pen Lettering
Author(s): Sarah Richardson
Publisher: ULYSSES Press, Year: 2018, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2299863
The Gift of Calligraphy: A Modern Approach to Hand Lettering with 25 Projects to Give and to Keep
Author(s): Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, Year: 2018, Size: 174 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2325885
The Complete Book of Calligraphy & Lettering: A Comprehensive Guide to More Than 100 Traditional Calligraphy and Hand-Lettering Techniques
Author(s): Cari Ferraro, Eugene Metcalf, Arthur Newhall, John Stevens
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing, Year: 2018, Size: 40 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2325923
The Complete Photo Guide to Hand Lettering and Calligraphy: The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Letterers and Calligraphers
Author(s): Abbey Sy
Publisher: Creative Publishing International, Year: 2018, Size: 37 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2336186
Japanese Calligraphy: Shodo
Author(s): Sumiko Knudsen
Publisher: Books on Demand, Year: 2018, Size: 20 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2368865
Chinese Script: History, Characters, Calligraphy
Author(s): Thomas O. Höllmann
Publisher: Columbia University Press, Year: 2017, Size: 55 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 2150975
Letters of Light: Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design
Author(s): J.R. Osborn
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Year: 2017, Size: 6 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 2209489
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to The New York Times, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.