Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Techniques - Calligraphy

For this impressive collection, typographer and print historian Dan X. Solo has selected 100 fonts, many of which are reminiscent of the old-fashioned print styles found on turn-of-the-century posters and broadsides. Alphabets such as the attention-getting Carnival, Frolic, and Houdini fondly recall that era. Others are attractions themselves, including the foreign-looking Armenian and Tokyo; the eerie Monster Outline and Raindrops; and the glamorous Diamond Inlay, Startime, and Golden Era. Additional alphabets include: Balderdash; Big Cat; Eureka; Cheapjack; Dodge City; Earthquake;...

Add a touch of panache and style to a wide variety of graphic projects with the decorative letters in this unusual and practical collection. Typographer Dan X. Solo has compiled 100 different swash letter fonts typefaces characterized by ornate letters with long tails and flourishes. Included here are: Cantini Casual; Cranston; El Greco; Goudy Cursive; Italian Slab Fancy; Mardi Gras Regular; Raffia Initials; Rousseau Fancy; Allegro Swash; Artcraft; and dozens more.
All fonts include uppercase alphabets; most also contain lowercase letters and numerals. Inexpensive and royalty-free,...

In der Uberlieferung der Mariendichtung des Priesters Wernher hat der Bildercodex D (um 1230) einen besonderen Rang: er gehort zu den fruhesten illuminierten Handschriften in deutscher Sprache und bezeugt die spate Wirkung des Regensburg-Prufeninger Federzeichnungsstils. Untersucht werden das erkennbar experimentierende Verfahren, mit dem die Bilder in den Text eingebaut werden sowie die in die Miniaturen eingelagerten Spruchbander und deren Beitrag zur Verbindung von Text und Bild (mit Abdruck der Spruchbandtexte).

The Yeh Family collection--thought to have been begun by Ye Yanlan in the nineteenth century--has lasted a long time. Over the course of China's tumultuous modern history some works were lost or removed from the collection, while new ones were added. But the idea that these paintings and calligraphies constituted a family collection has remained. Now the current caretakers of the collection, Max Yeh and Yeh...

Compiled by noted typographer and type historian Dan X. Solo, this attractive collection of royalty-free lettering for commercial artists features 100 complete upper-case stencil alphabets (many with lower-case fonts, numerals, and punctuation marks).
Included are such magnificent classic fonts as Ancient, Courtland, and Cleft Gothic; whimsical Ragtime and Spooks Alive; bold Braggadocio; exotic Limbo, Beijing, and Samoa; and old-fashioned Victorian, Brompton, and Barn stencils. Graphic artists can also add to their resource libraries such varied, attention-getting styles as: Auriol;...

ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY MADE EASY

'Arabic Calligraphy Made Easy' is the first of the 7-book children s series 'Medinah Arabic Course for Children'. The others being three textbooks, and three workbooks.

It has been developed, modified, improved and tested over a period of several years to make it as suitable as possible for elementary school children.

'Arabic Calligraphy Made Easy', in English, was made with Dr V. Abdur Rahim's famous adults 'Medinah Arabic Course' series in mind. It will get you started on your way to writing proper Arabic calligraphy, even by yourself. It is an...

This richly illustrated book provides an anthology and summation of the work of one of the world's leading historians of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Wen Fong helped create the field of East Asian art history during a distinguished five-decade career at Princeton University and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Few if any writers in English have such a broad knowledge of the history and practice of Chinese painting and calligraphy. In this collection of some of his most recent essays, Fong gives a sweeping tour through the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy as he offers new and...